Schizophrenia affects your body, not just your brain – latest research shows that organs, other than the brain, also change at the onset of the disease.
Being creative increases your risk of schizophrenia by 90% - Creative people are more likely to suffer from schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and depression than the rest of the population, finds new study based on the whole of Sweden – a sample of almost 4.5 million people.
The first study of what encourages and deters people from bullshitting suggests people bullshitted more when they felt more obliged to give an opinion, and when their audience was not knowledgeable. Social obligation is more potent, causing people to bullshit even when they know audience knew more.
Stanford philosopher Ken Taylor argues that faith requires humility, not just before God, but before all humankind, if it is to avoid dogmatic arrogance
TIL that humans can detect individuals that are blood-related kin through the sense of smell (Olfaction). This is thought to be an evolved defense against incest.
Study suggests your adulthood self-esteem has its roots in the way you were raised as a child - The higher the quality of home environment when aged between 0 and 6 years (warm and responsive parenting; cognitive stimulation; and safe), the higher their self-esteem many years later in adulthood.
F for Fake (1973) Orson Welles' genre-warping free-form cinematic essay uses a series of famous frauds and hoaxes to explore the slippery line separating reality and deception.
Leg exercise is critical to brain and nervous system health - Groundbreaking research shows that neurological health depends as much on signals sent by the body's large, leg muscles to the brain as it does on directives from the brain to the muscles.
A new study led by a neurologist found that brain activity in transgender people resembles that found in cisgender people of their gender more than their sex assigned at birth.
Our most enduring regrets may concern not living up to our ideal selves (i.e. not becoming the person we wanted to be), as opposed to not living according to our “ought selves” (the person we should have been based on our duties and responsibilities), finds new research across six studies.
TIL of 'poop' pills - capsules containing only bacteria from donors' poo which are used to treat gut infections. They have no scent, taste and are as effective as traditional fecal transplants while being much cheaper.
Actualism is a widely-held view in the metaphysics of modality, which represents the philosophical position that everything there is must exist. This is in contrast with Possibilism, which states that there are things that do not exist, but which could have existed.