The most common signs of low testosterone in men under 40 are persistent fatigue, low libido, difficulty...
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.
It’s largely a myth. A comprehensive meta-analysis pooling data from 41 clinical studies and more than 1,700...
Fasting does not reliably increase testosterone. In fact, in lean, physically active young men, controlled studies consistently...
Short answer: Yes, genuinely, and this is one of the more solid findings in stress neuroscience. Acute...
Short answer: Yes, and for mothers specifically, the changes are more dramatic and longer-lasting than most people...
Short answer: The evidence is genuinely mixed, and this is a good example of how research on...
Short answer: Largely yes, though the full story involves both wiring and genetics working together, and neither...
Short answer: Yes, and it’s well established. Whether you naturally lean toward being an early riser or...
Short answer: There’s a genuine, peer-reviewed neurological framework for thinking about it, though “writer’s block” itself isn’t...
Short answer: Because peripheral vision isn’t a lesser version of central vision, it’s a specialized system built...