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psychology

A collection of 54 posts

neuroscience

Night and Day

The circadian cycles of sickness and health

psychology

Your Brain on Tech

Your use of technology may be changing the way your brain works. But so is everything else.

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

love

Home Alone?

Why a partner when a puppy will do?

social-media

Uplifted, not Addicted

Leave me alone with my phone

poetry

Mind in the Machine

Master or slave?

poetry

No Matter: No Mind?

A history of the universe in verse

Artificial Intelligence

Robots Turning

How do we prevent robots from turning on their human masters?

science

Fine Tuning

How come our Universe was fine-tuned to enable the miracle of Life?

Economics

Operational Definition

How to measure the immeasurable — and why it can sometimes go wrong.

Crime

The Criminal Mind

Criminals usually pay for their misdeeds. But who is really to blame for crime?

culture

Frame of Reference

Can diagnoses depend on your doctor’s mother tongue?

biology

Left Brain, Right Brain

Are we basically two people at once?

India

Life, Streamed

How long does your brain take to buffer? And what’s that got to do with your big toe?

Perception

Speed of Time

How fast does time move? The answer depends on what you’re thinking.

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.

Cognition

Brain in the Leg

Thinner than thread and stronger than steel, silk is not simply for snares.

Freud

Freudian Typo

The conscious, the subconscious, and the neural network of your smartphone’s keyboard.

dreams

Your Mind at Night

You go to sleep. What happens next?

Books

Book Design

I was reading a ‘book’ the other day. It was designed quite well.

culture

The Purple Sky

Light, sight, and why things may not be the same colours they look.

environment

The Defeat Device

When cars get self-conscious: a brief look at the Volkswagen scandal.