Ilya BlokhinYour Daily ScienceNew defense mechanism against bacteria discoveredA research study has discovered a previously unknown mechanism that the body employs to control bacteria that enters the body during…May 8, 2017May 8, 2017
Ilya BlokhinYour Daily ScienceLanguage determines how we perceive the passage of timeA study showed that bilingual speakers of languages that measure time differently — in this case Spanish and Swedish — will perceive the…May 3, 2017May 3, 2017
Ilya BlokhinYour Daily ScienceBrief repetitive exposure to new words causes a rapid neural responseA new study showed that repetitive exposure to new words creates a rapid onset of neural activity, believed to represent the process of…May 3, 2017May 3, 2017
Ilya BlokhinYour Daily ScienceNew protein discovered that aims to keep body mass constant by controlling appetiteA new protein — called NPGL — has been discovered that regulates hunger, increasing it when calorie consumption is reduced and decreasing…May 1, 2017May 1, 2017
Ilya BlokhinYour Daily ScienceBrain imaging shows that the brain works more efficiently when focused on one task versus…A research study showed that brain areas responsible for integrating event information (ie. piecing together a narrative that takes place…Apr 26, 2017Apr 26, 2017
Ilya BlokhinYour Daily ScienceWhen reminded about death, people are more likely to support the killing of animals, independent of…A research study showed that when people were primed to think about death (for example, by seeing the word quickly flash on a screen), they…Apr 26, 2017Apr 26, 2017
Ilya BlokhinYour Daily ScienceBrain stimulation delivered at the right time can improve the ability to form memoriesA research study showed that electrical brain stimulation, delivered at a time when a memory was being formed AND the formation was…Apr 24, 2017Apr 24, 2017
Ilya BlokhinYour Daily SciencePsychedelics shown to produce a “higher” state of consciousnessA research study showed that psychedelics (specifically psilocybin, ketamine, and LSD) all produced an increase in neural signal diversity…Apr 23, 2017Apr 23, 2017
Ilya BlokhinYour Daily ScienceOur understanding of someone’s “true self” is closely tied to our perception of their morality.A research study showed that our assessment of how deeply we understand someone’s “true self” is proportional to how “moral” we think they…Apr 22, 2017Apr 22, 2017
Ilya BlokhinYour Daily ScienceBrains of people born with one hand show that brain is organized by function, not by body part.Apr 21, 2017Apr 21, 2017
