Thinking

A new study out of Northwestern University has found the old advice of solving a problem by "sleeping on it" is not only true, but can be improved by using sound cues to manipulate our brain while we sleep.

Research has revealed a dose of psilocybin can result in improvements to a person's creative thinking abilities, lasting up to 7 days past the initial use. The study suggests a possible "window of opportunity" in the days following a dose could be effectively used for therapeutic interventions.

Thinking through intense situations in fast-paced, high action video games may take less than a second, but new research from the the University of Rochester shows it can also enhance real-world learning capabilities by enabling the brain to better anticipate sequences of events.

Despite its initial success, Erik Chevalier's campaign for The Doom That Came to Atlantic City has been such an unmitigated disaster that it serves as an essential reminder to those thinking of backing crowdfunding campaigns that they do so at their own risk.

The Melon EEG headband is an interesting new entry in the cognitive gadget marketplace that is designed to measure "focus."

A recent study at the University of British Columbia found that our brains are much more active when we daydream than previously thought.

NeuroSky, Inc., has demonstrated a brainwave-controlled video game utilizes the company’s MindSet headset, which reads a player’s brainwave information to register the current state of relaxation or concentration of players, allowing them to perform actions within the game.

September 9, 2008 “Eureka” (Greek for "I have found it") is an exclamation used as an interjection to proclaim an epiphanic discovery. Famously pronounced in the bathtub by Archimedes when he suddenly understood that the volume

DesignBuildBluff and graduate students from the University of Utah’s College of Architecture & Planning have designed and built energy-efficient, inexpensive houses using natural building methods and materials made of recycled products and locally salvaged waste or by-products.

Smart Target has developed a wireless proximity alarm system designed to boost child safety by helping parents quickly locate wayward young ones and keep them within a pre-set "virtual fence".

Paperpod’s environmentally-friendly children’s play-houses and furniture are made from recycled corrugated cardboard, can be folded flat for easy storage and are easily assembled.