All Articles Tagged As: unconscious

Cause and Affect: Emotions can be unconsciously and subliminally evoked (4/29/2008)

Recent research suggests emotions can be unconsciously evoked and manipulated ...> Full Article

Napping doesn't impair nighttime sleep, research finds (10/29/2007)

Concerned that a midday snooze might ruin a good night's sleep? Fret not; ongoing research from NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center indicates that napping has little effect on sleep onset -- and that a nap today may be beneficial for mental processing tomorrow. ...> Full Article

From Terror to Joy: Faced with Death, Our Minds Turn to Happier Thoughts (10/24/2007)

Philosophers and scientists have long been interested in how the mind processes the inevitability of death, both cognitively and emotionally. One would expect, for example, that reminders of our mortality--say the sudden death of a loved one--would throw us into a state of disabling fear of the unknown. But that doesn't happen. If the prospect of death is so incomprehensible, why are we not trembling in a constant state of terror over this fact? ...> Full Article

A Novel Protein That Makes Breathing Automatic (8/30/2007)

Biologists at the University of Pennsylvania have found a link between a recently discovered protein in the brain and the nervous system's duty to regulate respiration. ...> Full Article

Area of Brain That Suppresses Unconscious Actions May Also Reveal How Habits Are Broken (7/13/2007)

Scientists at Cardiff University and University College London (UCL) have discovered an area of the brain that helps to suppress unconscious actions. ...> Full Article