Blood-flow-restricted training: a new way to boost muscle performance
Jul 03, 2019 20:56 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
Strapping a band tightly around your limbs to reduce blood flow while training may seem like an odd way to boost athletic performance, but our latest study suggests that it does just that. In our study, we show that if...
Men do see the mess – they just aren't judged for it the way women are
Jul 03, 2019 20:56 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
On a typical day, men spend a third as much time cleaning as women. Does that make women beacons of cleanliness, while men are genetically unable to see the messiness in their midst? This myth is a common explanation...
Will they ever wake up? New study on consciousness after brain injury shows 'maybe'
Jul 03, 2019 20:54 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
Acute brain injury can result in significant damage and loss of consciousness, warranting life support and admission to an intensive care unit. A complex journey toward recovery begins, sometimes involving daily...
When it's easier to get meds than therapy: how poverty makes it hard to escape mental illness
Jul 03, 2019 07:44 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
The poorer people are, the higher their chances of contending with domestic violence, crime, social conflict, homelessness and unemployment. All these factors contribute to increased levels of psychological distress,...
I'm a lucid dream researcher – here's how to train your brain to do it
Jun 23, 2019 14:28 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
Dreams can often be confusing and blurry experiences. Reduced critical thinking, little to no access to our true memories and heightened impulsivity and emotions during normal dream states often make for head-scratching...
Why your memory may not be as unreliable as psychologists often claim
Jun 23, 2019 14:27 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
Over the past couple of decades, there has been an explosion of research into false memories, showing that our memory can be subtly altered by a variety of internal and external factors. Many psychologists think the public...
Jun 23, 2019 14:23 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
Maybe its a bride standing in a hot chapel, or an exhausted runner after a race. It could be someone watching a medical procedure on television or a donor at a blood drive. Maybe youve even experienced it yourself. You...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects