As the trembling walls of the hallway cave in, the floor beneath you dances and shakes. The sounds sound different, and the outlines of people and objects dissolve, as you are trapped inside a whorl pool spinning inwards from ... Read more
Tag: Neuroscience
Super-Calculating Network in Human Brain: Nerd Cells
Neuroscience is the scientifical study of the nervous system and this is a multidisciplinary science that combines many branches of science. Neuroscientists focus on the brain and its impact on body functions. Recently ... Read more
Change The Cage
It’s a quite desolate night in the city of Colombo. You walk down the pavement with your hands in your pockets and lost in your own thoughts. The noise of a passing car brings you back to reality. You look around and see that ... Read more
“When I Dream”: Diving Deep Into The Depths Of Dreams
“When we all fall asleep, where do we go?”
Sleep. One of biology’s most perplexing mysteries that has left scientists scratching their heads for centuries. And even more puzzling are those ... Read more
The Placebo Effect
"The bicycle breaks screeched as I took a hard right turn toppling down on the tar road. The scratches in my 5-year-old feet cried, calling her in pain! She approached and took my feet in her arms, and with a smiling face ... Read more
Trapped between Reality and Dream
Woke up to the echoes of tenebrous thumping
Pitch black welkin leaking eeriness
But lie down paralyzed
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Sleep On It!
Tick-tock-tick-tock, it's 5 minutes to midnight. Tomorrow is your big chemistry exam followed by a guitar audition in the evening. You have been studying and practicing for weeks but you still don’t feel ready. What would you do?
- Spend the next ... Read more
Performance Anxiety
Dry mouth, trembling limbs, sweaty hands, heart racing, stomach in knots, can’t cry for “Help”, not only because the larynx is too squished to breathe, but it’d be so embarrassing. For some, it might be a wild elephant racing behind. For some, it ... Read more