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Neuroscience
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Are humans naturally selfless? Psychologist Abigail Marsh is using studies on psychopathy and altruism to find out.
Neuroscientist Christof Koch on human minds, AI, and bacteria.
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At age 37, neuroanatomist Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor suffered a stroke that would take her eight years to fully recover from. This is how it changed her understanding of the brain.
Unlikely Collaborators
Sound may be an overlooked tool for boosting well-being.
An excerpt from renowned neuropsychologist Nicholas Humphrey’s book “Sentience: The Invention of Consciousness.”
Depression can cause you to think too much — and physically sense too little.
Fixing chronic pain in the body may sometimes require a treatment focused on the brain.
Recent research sheds light on how the brain overgeneralizes fear, causing people to be afraid of harmless situations.
An argument for emphasis on subjective experience.
A new framework describes how thought arises from the coordination of neural activity driven by oscillating electric fields — a.k.a. brain “waves” or “rhythms.”
33 years ago, the theoretical biologist Robert Rosen offered an answer to the question "Is life computable?"
If music is a window onto truth, what does screaming reveal?
Big Think recently spoke with behavioral scientist and author Katy Milkman about what really motivates us and steers our behavior.
“If we could target those circuits very precisely, then there’s great potential to block the inflammation response for many diseases."
Research suggests that experience may matter more than innate ability when it comes to a sense of direction.
When high-anxiety situations arise in the workplace, we tend to react by fighting, fleeing, freezing, or fawning — but there’s a hidden fifth option.
At a fundamental level, only a few particles and forces govern all of reality. How do their combinations create human consciousness?
A study of spinal development took a strange turn and made a surprise discovery.
You really can get by with a little help from your friends — if you also look beyond your personal to-do list.
Even with the best technology imaginable, you'd probably never be able to exist as a consciously aware brain in a vat.
A recent study suggests that exposure to visual stimuli can diminish the effects of psychedelic drugs.
What would it take to create a truly intelligent microbot, one that can operate independently?
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Mating, monogamy, and maximizing your sexual potential explained by 3 sex experts.
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Psychologist Daniel Goleman on how to train your brain with just ten minutes a day.
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder has been a controversial diagnosis since it was first described, back in the 1940s.
An excerpt from “Memory,” a primer on human memory, its workings, feats, and flaws, by two leading psychological researchers.
If you guessed “staying up all night to play video games,” you’d be right.
Perrikaryal uses an EEG to translate her brain activity into beating bosses in "Elden Ring" and beyond.
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What do aliens, apes, and orchestras all have in common? Professor Michael Spitzer explains how they each help us understand the origins of music.
A growing body of research suggests that optimism plays a significant role in promoting both physical and mental well-being.