Neuroscience
The Rhythm of Your Breath Leaves a Fingerprint on Your Thoughts
Subtle variations in the breath trace electrical signaling in the brain
How Your Brain See-Saws between Risk and Reward
Tough decisions get calculated from a spot right above the eyes involved in impulse control
The Promise and Peril of Toad Smoking, the Everest of Psychedelics
A conversation with author Kimon de Greef about his new book “The Ego Trip”
Does Consciousness Require a Body?
A conversation with neuroscientist and author Antonio Damasio about intelligence, feelings, and robots
Can Nature Benefit You If You’re Already Well?
A conversation with a neuroscientist about how nature can fortify the strong and support resilience
How to Think About Thinking
A conversation with neuroscientist Adrian Owen about the importance of executive function
What a Blissful Psychedelic Trip Looks Like Inside the Brain
Personality and context shape the psilocybin experience in ways that show up on brain scans
How Paying Attention to Pain Could Help You Heal Faster
Close attention might be part of your immune system
The Quest to Understand the Forgotten Psychedelic
One of the first scans of mescaline in the brain suggests it travels a different path
