Imagine you were sitting in a bustling coffee shop and reading this article. If you were to pay attention, you would definitely notice that the level of attention you would need to read this article would depend on the amount of noise others in the cafe are making. If it’s…

Excessive Daytime Sleepiness sounds like one of those issues that only affects night-shift workers or new parents, but honestly, it shows up in people who sleep a full eight hours too. That’s the confusing part. Someone can technically “sleep enough” and still be dragging themselves through the afternoon like they…

I didn’t expect to feel so wrecked after my last flight. I landed in London around nine in the morning, dragged my bag onto the train, and by lunchtime I was nodding off over a sandwich. It felt like someone had turned the brightness down on my brain. I’m pretty…

You know that feeling. You’re in the interview, or the exam, or standing at the free throw line, and your brain just… stops. Does not slow down. Stops. Like someone unplugged something. I’ve been trying to figure out why this happens for a while now, mostly because it’s happened to…