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LATEST ARTICLES ( 84 )

• Studying Your Best Friend’s Brain – Dog’s Unique Role in the Study of...

  

  Step aside Cesar Millan—these days when you want to know what the dog really saw, ask a scientist not a Dog Whisperer. While studies of domestic dogs (Canis... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2016 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Studying Your Best Friend’s Brain – Dog’s Unique Role in the Study of...

  

  Step aside Cesar Milan—these days when you want to know what the dog really saw, ask a scientist. While studies of domestic dogs (Canis familiaris) have been... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2016 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• My Secret Night Life—Insomnia, Drugs, Sleep Doctors, and the Circadian Rhythm...

  

  source: unfortunately don’t know but I love this paintingWhen I first sleep with someone we have to have the talk. “You really wear one of those?” she’ll ask.... Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2016 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• My Secret Night Life—Insomnia, Drugs, Sleep Doctors, and the Circadian Rhythm...

  

  When I first sleep with someone we have to have the talk: “You really wear one of those?” It can be a bit embarrassing to sleep with an eye mask and earplugs,... Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2016 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• How a Neuroscientist Came Around to Improv Comedy

  

  I love improv comedy because of its authenticity. You might ask me, how can a dramatic form where the performers are literally making everything up as they go... Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2016 CULTURE, PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• How a Neuroscientist Came Around to Improv Comedy

  

  I love improv comedy because of its authenticity. You might ask me, how can a dramatic form where the performers are literally making everything up as they go... Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2016 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Two Well-studied Autism Mutations Cause Social Defects in Mice. But They’ve Now...

  

  “Autism is about having a pure heart and being very sensitive… It is about finding a way to survive in an overwhelming, confusing world… It is about developing... Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2016 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Autism-like Behavior in Mice is Caused by Dysfunction Outside the Brain,...

  

  Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is now estimated to affect 1 in 68 children in the United States and causes deficits in social communication, a tendency towards... Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2016 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• A Year Ago, I Typed ‘suicide’ into Periscope and Hit Stream — Why Aren’t We Usin...

  

  I wasn’t suicidal, but I was curious what would happen. Surely, the live-streaming app bought by the $10 billion dollar company Twitter had thought of this use... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2016 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• A Year Ago, I Typed ‘suicide’ into Periscope and Hit Stream — Why Aren’t We Usin...

  

  I wasn’t suicidal, but I was curious what would happen. Surely, the app bought by $10 billion dollar company Twitter had thought of this use case. Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2016 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Everything Changes at Once (nothing Ever Changes)

  

  3,250 meters above the sea and 1,000 meters above the clouds, in a wooden cabin that fits 250 people into bunks like sardines… I sit on the floor eating bread... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2016 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Are Millennials Really Narcissists?

  “We’ve all been raised on television to believe that one day we’d all be millionaires, and movie gods, and rock stars. But we won’t. And we’re slowly learning... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2016 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Are Millennials Really Narcissists? Let’s Look at Data!

  “We’ve all been raised on television to believe that one day we’d all be millionaires, and movie gods, and rock stars. But we won’t. And we’re slowly learning... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2016 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Breaking the Feedback Loop: How Non-complementary Behavior Can Save Your Life....

  

  Monkey see, monkey do. We may not be monkeys, but we frequently ape others, mirroring their posture, behavior mood. When we act angrily, others respond with... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2016 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Frames of Reference – Why Smart People Feel Stupid, Money Buys Happiness, and Yo...

  

  A recent Invisibilia episode discusses frames of reference—the frames we use to interpret our world—and how our own frame of reference can clash with that of... Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2016 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• One Step Closer to Reading Minds, the Representation of Words in the Brain.

  

  We can’t quite read thoughts yet, but we’ve gotten pretty good at figuring out what sorts of things you’re hearing about.Check out this amazing video recently... Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2016 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• How Can Neurology Explain Qualia?

  

  Neurology cannot directly explain the emergence of qualia (subjective experience), but it can study the circuitry that might be necessary for it’s emergence by... Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2016 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• What Are the Major Branches of Neuroscience and How Do They Differ from Each...

  

  Neuroscience is a broad label given to a field that is diverse for many reasons: It is a field defined by the fundamental questions it tries to answer, such as... Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2016 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Confessions of an Audio addict–Best Neuroscience and Behavior Podcasts — Grad...

  I was asked to rewrite this post more specifically for a neuroscience graduate student audience, to be published in our Emory neuroscience online newsletter–... Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2015 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Top 8 Neuroscience and Behavior Podcasts

  

  Get those auditory neurons firing! This blogpost is an update to my post from 3 years ago on neuroscience podcasts. I'm a complete podcast addict and really... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2015 PSYCHOLOGY, SCIENCE