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In "Dear Oliver," neuroscientist Susan Barry describes how her 10-year correspondence with Oliver Sacks unleashed her inner author.
"She understood me and I understood her. I loved that pigeon.”
Big Think recently spoke with sleep psychologist Dr. Jade Wu about the surprising consequences of forgoing sleep.
Many still consider hypnosis more of a cheap magician’s trick than legitimate clinical medicine.
If you eat a diet full of refined grains, high-sugar drinks, and sweets, there's a good chance you have too much insulin.
Ways to move forward when you're wrong and I'm right.
Want to get ahead at work? It ain’t what you say, it’s the way that you say it — and adaptability is essential.
Uncovering the story of Milan Hausner, the Sadská clinic, and LSD psychotherapy behind the Iron Curtain.
Neuroscience supports the notion that an escape from conventional perspectives can be a gateway to spectacular insights.
College students once stood out from the pack on IQ tests. Today, they're about average.
One dose of ibogaine was shown to dramatically reduce depression and PTSD.
From AI to health and the metaverse, this year's CES promised new tech that will change lives long after the excitement of the latest TV wears off.
Prolonged and repetitive tasks rewire us in profound ways – which can be a force for good at work.
The pattern 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, etc., is the Fibonacci sequence. It shows up all over nature. But what's the full explanation behind it?
Studies claiming to reveal strategies for feeling happy get a second look.
Placebo treatments don't always need to be given deceptively to have positive effects.
High-frequency oscillations that ripple through our brains may generate memory and conscious experience.
For better teamwork, take a lesson from research into soccer fans who put aside their tribalism.
Depression applies to individuals and businesses alike — and so does the solution.
People who score high in "obsessive passion" can become rigidly consumed by ideological causes — sometimes dangerously so.
I also can’t conjure sounds, smells, or any other kind of sensory stimulation inside my head. This is called “aphantasia.”
From Hogwarts to hashtags, kids' reading habits have changed drastically in recent decades — but data suggests cause for hope.
Researchers are finding signs of multiple phases of sleep all over the animal kingdom. The ‘active’ sleep phases look very much like REM.
Why has the value of strategic thinking never been higher? It’s complex.
Each time you fold a piece of paper, you double the paper's thickness. It doesn't take all that long to even reach the Moon.
Ketamine’s remarkable effect bolsters a new theory of mental illness.
It could perform a speech recognition task with 78% accuracy.
They have held our fascination ever since we first identified their remains.
Napoleon Bonaparte was a man of many faces. European historian Michael Broers explains which are featured on the silver screen and why.
Actor and science communicator Alan Alda shares his three rules of three for effective and empathic communication.