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Fix your gaze on a single flame without blinking, and something in your nervous system starts to let go. It's called trataka — a yogic practice thousands of years old, and one neuroscience is only now catching up to. Here's what's actually happening behind your eyes when you follow the flame and stop looking away…
That flash of clarity right before you wake up isn't random - it's your brain finishing a shift it started while you were asleep. Sleep scientists call it hypnagogia and hypnopompia: the narrow window where your inner critic is still offline and your mind hands you whatever it's been quietly working on all night. Most of us miss it completely: we reach for our phones before we even notice it's there. Here's what the neuroscience says is actually happening in that gap, and how to catch it before the day begins ...
Your brain takes in 11 million bits a second. You're consciously aware of about 60 of them. It turns out the smartest supercomputer was never artificial - it's the one running quietly behind your own eyes. Here's the brain science behind distraction, intuition and how to put your unconscious mind to work.
Guest writer Hiroko Demichelis share her passion for beautiful brains and explains how mindfulness can be measured.
