The Neuroscience of Mindfulness: How Meditation Changes Your Brain
The Neuroscience of Mindfulness: How Meditation Changes Your Brain Adapted from an article by Brian Penny, a former heroin addict who overcame […]
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How the Brain of a Knowledgeable Person Works
How the Brain of a Knowledgeable Person Works Recent research using diffusion MRI scans has shown that the brain of a knowledgeable […]
How Psychedelics Shaped Modern Neuroscience
The Doors of Perception: Without Psychedelics, Neuroscience Wouldn’t Exist Science is gradually rehabilitating psychedelics—recent years have seen a renewed interest in experimental […]
How the Brain Suppresses Willpower: The Science of Self-Control
How Does the Brain Suppress Willpower? Emotions helped our ancestors make decisions in situations with limited information. Emotions are an ancient evolutionary […]
Brain Rules: From Emotions to Multitasking
Brain Rules: From Emotions to Multitasking Excerpt from John Medina’s book “Brain Rules,” exploring the connection between attention and emotions, our passion […]
Epigenetic Trauma: How War and Famine Affect Future Generations
Genocide in the Genome In early July, Czech neurophysiologists published the results of a study examining how childhood experiences in Nazi concentration […]
Near-Death Experiences: Not Just Before Death
Near-Death Experiences: More Common Than You Think According to a recent survey, one in ten people has had a near-death experience. Interestingly, […]
The Free Will Debate: Philosophy vs. Neuroscience
The Problem of Free Will: Philosophy vs. Neuroscience Philosophy professor Hanok Ben-Yami critiques the position of cognitive scientists who are convinced that […]
Can We Erase Memories? Science Is Getting Closer
Forgetting Everything: Coming Soon Sometimes things happen to us that we wish we could forget. Unfortunately, we can’t control our memory—there’s no […]
How Life Events Begin at the Quantum Level: Joe Dispenza’s Insights
Life Events Begin at the Quantum Level Dr. Joe Dispenza was one of the first to scientifically study the influence of consciousness […]