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A Neuroscientist’s Theory of Everything
Karl Friston takes us on a safari of his free-energy principle.
Mice on Acid
To get a legal hallucinogen to market, rodents need to take the first trip.
The Brain Cells That Guide Animals
New evidence the neural rules of navigation are universal.
An Existential Crisis in Neuroscience
We’re mapping the brain in amazing detail—but our brain can’t understand the picture.
Where Is My Mind?
The rise and fall of the claustrum epitomizes the hunt for consciousness in the brain.
Reason Won’t Save Us
It’s time to accept the limits of how we think.
Consciousness Doesn’t Depend on Language
We share the basic experience of life with all mammals.
Language Is the Scaffold of the Mind
Once we acquire language, we can live without it.
When Words Fail
Where our minds go when words let us down.
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