Kristen French
LSD May Speed Up Brain Activity and Make it Fractal
New study suggests a more complex reshuffling of experience
How Our Brains Read Emotions in Other People
This multisensory process engages many brain networks at once
Why Story and Playtime Really Matter
Face-to-face interaction trumps screens for social and language learning
Our Messy Cyborg Past and Future
Mike Jay, author of “Wireheads,” on the murky borderlands where the science and fiction of mind control meet
A Recipe to Stop AI from Going Rogue
This formula aims to prevent LLMs from doing things that endanger humans
Why Forgive and Forget is Bad Advice
A conversation with MacArthur fellow Felipe de Brigard about how forgiveness reshapes the memory of atrocity
Human Vision Has Quirks That AI Can’t Match
Your robot butler can’t do a Magic Eye poster… yet
Do Babies Feel Shame?
Research suggests they may be capable of self-conscious emotion much earlier than we thought
