How the Mind of a Serial Killer Works: How We Differ from Them
How the Mind of a Serial Killer Works: How We Differ from Them We often call the most terrifying criminals—such as serial […]
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How the Brain Describes Our World: 49 Key Features
How the Brain Describes Our World Our brain uses surprisingly few features to recognize everything around us: a chair, a dog, a […]
How Hope Protects the Brain: Neuroscience Insights
How Hope Protects the Brain “Where there is hope, there is fear: fear is always full of hope, and hope is always […]
Why We Feel Someone Staring: How Our “Built-In Visual Sensor” Works
Why Do We Feel Like Someone Is Watching Us? Imagine you’re reading or scrolling through your phone when suddenly you get chills […]
Mirror Neurons: How Our Brains Enable Cooperation and Empathy
Mirror Neurons in the Brain: Mechanisms of Joint Action and Empathy Neurophysiologist Giacomo Rizzolatti is considered one of the world’s leading experts […]
Emotional Map of the Brain: How We Feel Shame, Fear, and Joy
Emotional Map of the Brain: Why We Feel Shame in the Temporal Lobes and Fear in the Amygdala Where do human emotions […]
How the Brain Uses the Exclusion Method to Focus Our Attention
The Exclusion Method: How the Brain Decides What We See How does attention work? What kinds of stimuli does the brain allow […]
How the Brain Uses the Exclusion Method to Focus Our Attention
The Exclusion Method: How the Brain Decides What We See How does attention work? What kinds of stimuli does the brain allow […]
The Evolution of Metaphorical Language: Robert Sapolsky on Our Ability to Think in Symbols
The Evolution of Metaphorical Language: Robert Sapolsky on Our Ability to Think in Symbols Professor Robert Sapolsky, a biologist and neuroscientist at […]
How the Brain Forms Habits and Intelligence: The Science of Joy Molecules
Joy Molecules: How Our Brain Creates Neural Connections and Shapes Habits and Intelligence Hormones influence the mechanisms behind emotion formation and the […]