Short answer: There’s real evidence for a measurable neural connection, though it’s more specific than “perfectionism lights...
Oscar Forrester
Very Big Brain is written by Oscar Forrester, a researcher and writer with a long-standing fascination with how the brain works. Oscar spent several years working in hospital IT, including on infection control systems, and grew up in a household shaped by medicine — his father was a physician and his mother a registered nurse. He is not a clinician himself, and nothing on this site should be taken as medical advice. What he brings instead is a rigorous, source-first approach to research, honed over two decades of writing (he’s authored numerous published books, primarily on software development), and a genuine curiosity about the science of cognition. Mr. Forrester strives to present complex topics in a clear and engaging manner, making it easy for you to understand and apply the knowledge to your daily life.
Short answer: Yes, the popular version is a myth. It’s genuinely true that some specific brain functions...
Short answer: For the most part, switching, not simultaneous processing. Decades of controlled experiments have identified a...
Bromantane is a lesser-known but increasingly popular nootropic substance. Bromantane is known for its cognitive benefits, but...
Short answer: Yes, genuinely, though not in the limitless way the popular version of the idea often...
Short answer: It depends heavily on which version of “emotional intelligence” you mean. Formal ability-based tests of...
Short answer: Not in the way people usually mean it. No controlled scientific study has ever confirmed...
Short answer: For a specific category, fast-paced “action” video games, yes, but modestly and in narrower ways...
Ask almost anyone over forty and they’ll tell you the same thing: the energy they had at...
Short answer: Learning a new language does produce measurable, structural changes in the brain, particularly in regions...