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A collection of 19 posts

neuroscience

Resonant

The neuroscientific connection between sound and feeling.

Mind without Brain

Projected Minds

Is the mind different than the brain? And what does that mean for dreams, imagination, and immortality?

neuroscience

Bargaining with Myself

Controlling your emotions can be hard. Negotiating with them is quicker.

neuroscience

Fits of Rage

The neural circuitry of fight and flight.

neuroscience

Insatiable

A glimpse into the neural circuitry of hunger and feeding.

neuroscience

Force of Habit

Neural firing and wiring in our most stubborn behaviours

Mind without Brain

Mind without Brain

Could a conscious mind exist without a human brain? If not, then what about your robot, your pet dog, your soul and your God?

neuroscience

True or False

On the malleable nature of memory

quantum-physics

Life, Death, and Teleportation

Would teleportation transport you or kill you? And what exactly are “you” anyway?

neuroscience

Night and Day

The circadian cycles of sickness and health

psychology

Your Brain on Drugs

Understanding the neuroscience of addiction and drug tolerance

psychology

Associative Memory

Habits are conditioned. But here are some research-backed techniques to make or break any habit.

psychology

A Face in the Crowd

Face blindness, communication, and neurodiversity in digital social life

psychology

Is It Worth It?

How dopamine helps you pick your battles

Physiology

Wanderlust

A short primer on your longest nerve

neuroscience

By Any Other Name

What our sense of smell can tell us about language, memory, and how we handle trauma

biology

Left Brain, Right Brain

Are we basically two people at once?

Books

Reading Mind

It’s not just about turning text to thoughts: how you read, and what you read it on, can literally change your brain.

neuroscience

Crossed Wiring

In your telephone-line, it enables eavesdropping. In your brain, it could be the mechanism behind metaphors.