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Mo Costandi
Moheb Costandi is a freelance science writer based in London. His work has been published in Nature, Science, Scientific American, The Guardian, and New Scientist, among other publications. His latest book is Body Am I: The New Science of Self-Consciousness (MIT Press, October 2022). He also authors the blog Neurophilosophy. Follow him on Twitter @mocost.
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New research challenges old assumptions about the evolution of the human brain.
The findings show that even small areas in the brain may have the potential to represent complex meanings.
Recent research sheds light on how the brain overgeneralizes fear, causing people to be afraid of harmless situations.
People who die by suicide are more likely to have reduced levels of the NPAS4 gene, which helps regulate inflammation in the brain.
Could subfertility be an under-explored factor in autism risk?
Even before birth, our brains are taking note of the languages we hear.
While executive function matures between 18 and 20 years of age, the brain keeps changing long afterward.