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242 articles-
The Silver Lining in Disappointment
It triggers a reaction in the brains of mice that helps them change their behavior -
Rabies Virus Helps Map Psilocybin’s Brain Altering Effects
The deadly pathogen is adept at jumping between neurons, making it an ideal tracer to reveal how connections change after a dose of psilocybin in mice -
How the Breath Guides Memory
Remembering is timed to the rhythms of our lungs -
The Five Eras of the Human Brain
Our neural command centers evolve through predictable major turning points from birth to death -
Blinking to the Beat
How our eyes and brains sync to music -
Falling Asleep Is More Like Plunging Off a Cliff Than We Thought
It’s not the gradual slip into darkness that scientists assumed -
A Trip Around Our Surprisingly Psychedelic Planet
Inside Earth’s most hallucinatory ecosystems -
He Erased Memory in Mice. Then Thought About Erasing His Own
Sunk in grief and alcoholism, this neuroscientist discovered the power of memory in himself -
The Brain’s Hidden Drain
Newly discovered vessels may be key to flushing waste away from our brains -
What Is Your Brain Doing on Psychedelics?
Something is happening here, but neuroscientists don’t know what it is
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What We Still Get Wrong About Psychopaths
Many scientists portray psychopathy as a brain disorder, despite a lack of evidence
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Is It Cake? How Our Brain Deciphers Materials
Neuroscientists are discovering how this basic ability, essential to our survival, works
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Dude, You Stink
But why? -
Finding Peter Putnam
The forgotten janitor who discovered the logic of the mind -
My Visit with My Dead Father’s Brain
What I discovered about my dad and myself at the lab where his brain resides -
Inside the Big Bet on Consciousness
The real winner in the battle between two leading theories of consciousness was science itself -
Why Our Brains Crave Ideology
A neuroscientist reveals how to nurture authentic and flexible thinking