Bipolar disorder and schizophrenia could lead us the right direction and find biological components on how the brain unlocks creativity in all of us. But how? John Nash, Vicent Van Gogh, Syn Barrett, and Eduard Einstein could give us the answer.
Around the world, at least 21 million people have schizophrenia. As Nobel laureate Eric Kandel wrote, “schizophrenia is a complex disorder affecting numerous regions of the brain and ultimately undermining the integrity of the self.” The self, as Kandel explains, is never the same. Let’s take a deeper look into the causes and effects of this …
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In April 2018, neuroscientist Michael S. Gazzaniga released The Consciousness Instinct: Unraveling The Mystery of How The Brain Makes The Mind, and we’re here to review it. The Consciousness Instinct Provides Fresh Insight into the Hard Problem Gazzaniga is one of those neuroscientists who has done it all in the field. He, alongside Roger Sperry, pioneer …
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Sleep remains an enigma for many scientists, but in recent years, researchers have shown that later school start times could help improve teen learning.
We’re in the final days of Fall. L.W. moved three months ago from his hometown in Florida to Norway, where his parents opened a small business. L.W, who’s a teenager, is experiencing an interruption in sleeping patterns and unprecedented mood swings. L.W., who has never before experienced depression, is now showing signs of it. Why …
Our everyday life has stress in it. We are rushing either through traffic, to work or picking something up — if you have kids, thing get crazier. Corporate America loves stress. Moreover, the average American prides itself on being able to work and not taking any vacations for an extended period. Most of us like …
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In August 2018, neuroscientist Eric Kandel released The Disordered Mind: What Unusual Brains Tells Us About Ourselves, and we’re here to review it. Eric Kandel On The Disordered Mind The Man Behind the Science Eric Kandel is one of the world’s most renowned neuroscientists. The Columbia University professor revolutionized the field with his studies of the …
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Unhappiness is one of the worst feelings on the planet. It gives us a sense of hopelessness. Many of us think that unhappiness is something that’s temporarily present like it won’t happen again or only on some few occasions. But, for many, that feeling is constant throughout life. Many people who experience constant unhappiness are …
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Many of us, when we think about consciousness, associate it with a sense of presence, a sense of being awake and aware, a unified self. But as many will argue, especially the philosopher Daniel Dennett, that feeling of a single center of command with one image of reality is not really what we think it …
