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Dopamine Signaling
25mins
“We can use neuroscience and tools from psychology to learn how to take advantage of anxiety.” From Zen Buddhism to flow state, these 3 experts explain how to hack your brain.
19mins
"I call it a tyranny of attention because there's so many demands on our attention coming from so many different directions that we are simply overwhelmed and we don't have the mental bandwidth to cope with it."
Introverts have social batteries that will drain over time, but they can be recharged with good energy hygiene. Here’s how.
16mins
“No matter what their gods were, what they did for a living, what they wore, the songs they sang, everything varies except love, and everybody loves.”
6mins
Daily habits can help you thrive or quietly turn into addictions. The difference is how your brain handles cues, routines, and rewards. Three experts explain how to work with your wiring instead of against it.
Unlikely Collaborators
Stuck on a hamster wheel of mindless social media scrolling? Neuroscientist Anne-Laure Le Cunff explains how to consciously redirect your reward system.
18mins
“We know that as little as 10 minutes of walking can improve your mood, that is getting that bubble bath with the dopamine, serotonin, endorphins going, anybody can do that.”
Why do we fall in love with one person over another? The late biological anthropologist Dr. Helen Fisher unpacks the evolutionary roots of romantic love, sex, and attachment. Using research […]
12mins
“You can debate all sorts of things about how the texture of American life has changed. What you can't debate is the sheer, objective, existential fact that Americans are more alone than ever.”
Neuroscience supports the notion that mindfulness and meditation should become essential assets in our workspaces.
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Curiosity is often considered a personality quirk. Neuroscience paints a different picture.
A powerful psychedelic long used in African rituals shows surprising promise for treating traumatic brain injury and PTSD.
“The field is endless, but my life is limited, as are all of ours. But you do what you can with your time,” says CSO Mart Saarma.
You really can get by with a little help from your friends — if you also look beyond your personal to-do list.
“I think it has a real chance to reverse motor symptoms, essentially replacing a missing part.”
3mins
Exercise neuroscientist Wendy Suzuki explains how your brain can age gracefully and optimally — and it starts with just a 10-minute walk.
"They decreased their drinking to the point that it was so low we didn’t record a blood-alcohol level."
Striking differences in the composition of the gut microbiome suggest that fermented food could help those suffering from anorexia.
If you’re trying to break a bad habit or start a good one, psychologists have some tips.
8mins
Your brain on sex, love, and rejection with biological anthropologist Helen Fisher.
Risk-taking isn't inherently bad: It tends to build self-confidence when things work out, and resilience when they don’t.
Million Stories
When migraine and tension-headache patients overuse their medications, they can actually trigger more headaches.
Some experiences continue to pay dividends time and time again.
Million Stories
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Humans are musical animals four million years in the making, explained by music expert Michael Spitzer.
Toxoplasmosis, which results from a chance encounter with a cougar and the parasite it carries, can push a wolf to seek alpha status.
Flexible organic circuits might someday hook right into your head.
The cannabis plant produces both THC – the psychoactive component in marijuana – and the compound commonly known as CBD, which does not lead to a "high."
It's perhaps never been harder to resist the urge to overspend.