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Does Lumosity increase your intelligence?
Lumosity is a popular website that claims to help you become a more intellectually capable individual.
Harness your brain's neuroplasticity and train your way to a brighter life"
Is it truly ...
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Does juggling increase gray matter/size of the occipito-temporal cortex?
I have been led to believe by expert testimonies that juggling may lead to an increase in brain depth and size.
At the moment I am not able to draw on much evidence.
If this is a myth, I would ...
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Does a -9 dB room cause hallucinations?
Does being in an anechoic chamber cause hallucinations? According to several blogs (that likely copy each other), it does. The Orfield Laboratory in Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States is ...
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Does listening to complaints damage your neurons?
I read this old news today as it's gone viral in Italy:
That pain you feel listening to complainers? It's real enough to peel away neurons from your brain and render it pretty much useless, ...
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Do higher mathematical abilities inversely correlate with good communication skills?
There is a persistent stereotype that geeks (let's formally define that as people a couple of standard deviations better than average in math, computers or other related abilities) as a whole have ...
