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"Upon emergence, these patients are sincerely unsure what was reality and what was a ‘dream.'"
Propofol, a drug commonly used for general anesthesia, derails the brain’s normal balance between stability and excitability.
How to make sure our formative tendencies don't derail us from being the great leaders we are trying to become.
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Humans are among the most altruistic species that we’ve studied, due to our alloparental instincts – a trait we evolved into that allows us to care for offspring who are […]
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“How is it possible to do work that you’re proud of and not feel like your job is encroaching on all parts of your life?” Cal Newport, Author of ‘Slow Productivity,’ explains.
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Dr. Aditi Nerurkar on toxic resilience and the importance of gratitude and breathing.
Unlikely Collaborators
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Traditional definitions of wellbeing focus on the absence of mental illness or disease. But true wellbeing goes beyond that, says this neuroscientist.
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Finding meaning isn’t just personally fulfilling — it’s critical to our brain’s development, explains USC neuroscientist.
Physicists have increasingly begun to view life as information-processing "states of matter" that require special consideration.
The evidence is far less clear than popular media might lead you to believe.
Our “embodied minds” suggest an eventual escape from mortality via computer is unlikely.
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Are humans naturally selfless? Psychologist Abigail Marsh is using studies on psychopathy and altruism to find out.
Neuroscientist Christof Koch on human minds, AI, and bacteria.
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At age 37, neuroanatomist Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor suffered a stroke that would take her eight years to fully recover from. This is how it changed her understanding of the brain.
Unlikely Collaborators
Sound may be an overlooked tool for boosting well-being.
An excerpt from renowned neuropsychologist Nicholas Humphrey’s book “Sentience: The Invention of Consciousness.”
Depression can cause you to think too much — and physically sense too little.
Fixing chronic pain in the body may sometimes require a treatment focused on the brain.
Recent research sheds light on how the brain overgeneralizes fear, causing people to be afraid of harmless situations.
An argument for emphasis on subjective experience.
A new framework describes how thought arises from the coordination of neural activity driven by oscillating electric fields — a.k.a. brain “waves” or “rhythms.”
33 years ago, the theoretical biologist Robert Rosen offered an answer to the question "Is life computable?"
If music is a window onto truth, what does screaming reveal?
Big Think recently spoke with behavioral scientist and author Katy Milkman about what really motivates us and steers our behavior.
“If we could target those circuits very precisely, then there’s great potential to block the inflammation response for many diseases."
Research suggests that experience may matter more than innate ability when it comes to a sense of direction.
When high-anxiety situations arise in the workplace, we tend to react by fighting, fleeing, freezing, or fawning — but there’s a hidden fifth option.
At a fundamental level, only a few particles and forces govern all of reality. How do their combinations create human consciousness?
A study of spinal development took a strange turn and made a surprise discovery.
You really can get by with a little help from your friends — if you also look beyond your personal to-do list.