Neuroscience
Top Olympic tips for mental resilience to enhance success
Team GB’s lead psychologist Jess Thom reveals her advice to athletes to boost focus and performance
Hannah Devlin Science correspondent
26, Jul, 2024 @1:15 PM
The flow state: the science of the elusive creative mindset that can improve your life
Scientists have long known the mental and creative benefits of total absorption in an activity. But what causes it, and how can we achieve it?
David Robson
20, Jul, 2024 @12:00 PM
Forget the 5am starts! Night owls like me possess the real secret of success | Arwa Mahdawi
A new report suggests self-declared night owls tend to have higher cognitive scores. So please can we now ditch the lazy and undisciplined stereotypes, writes Arwa Mahdawi
Arwa Mahdawi
17, Jul, 2024 @10:00 AM
Elon Musk says Neuralink will test brain implant on second patient in ‘next week or so’
Firm says wires attaching first patient’s brain to implant are ‘more or less very stable’ after detaching months ago
Guardian staff and agencies
11, Jul, 2024 @7:19 PM
Night owls’ cognitive function ‘superior’ to early risers, study suggests
Research on 26,000 people found those who stay up late scored better on intelligence, reasoning and memory tests
Anna Bawden
10, Jul, 2024 @11:06 PM
‘It comes for your very soul’: how Alzheimer’s undid my dazzling, creative wife in her 40s
The long read: By the time my wife got a diagnosis, her long and harrowing deterioration had already begun. By the end, I was in awe of her
Michael Aylwin
09, Jul, 2024 @4:00 AM
The big idea: why your brain needs other people
Your own thoughts are just part of the picture – relationships are vital to the way you think
Huw Green
08, Jul, 2024 @11:30 AM
Eternal You review – death, download and digital afterlife in the age of the AI griefbot
Unsettling documentary considers whether the increasingly popular simulations of lost loved ones are really helping the bereaved
Cath Clarke
25, Jun, 2024 @8:00 AM
UK boy has brain implant fitted to control epilepsy seizures in world first
Oran Knowlson, who could suffer hundreds of seizures a day, had neurostimulator fitted at Great Ormond Street
Hannah Devlin Science correspondent
24, Jun, 2024 @10:35 AM
Are you 80% angry and 2% sad? Why ‘emotional AI’ is fraught with problems
AI that purports to read our feelings may enhance user experience but concerns over misuse and bias mean the field is fraught with potential dangers
Ned Carter Miles
23, Jun, 2024 @11:00 AM
One night I’m a murderer, the next my husband’s having an affair. Why do we have the dreams that we do?
We’ve stopped believing they’re messages from the gods. So what are dreams – and what purpose do they serve? Here’s what the science says
Sam Pyrah
20, Jun, 2024 @12:15 PM
London premiere of movie with AI-generated script cancelled after backlash
Plans to show The Last Screenwriter, whose script is credited to ‘ChatGPT 4.0’, prompted complaints although the film-makers insist the feature is ‘a contribution to the cause’
Andrew Pulver
20, Jun, 2024 @9:52 AM
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