On January 20th, Donald Trump will exit the White House and his presidency will end. Although the legal battles and the threats of a slow-moving coup are still in the air, it’s almost certain the Joe Biden will be inaugurated that same date. The siege of the Capitol building on January 6 was once again …
Seven and a Half Lesson About the Brain by Lisa Feldman Barrett is an excellent and brief glance at how the brain works and why it matters.
An Amazon Prime movie, The Report touches on a dark moment in recent US history. What’s more troubling, is the role that psychology had during this episode.
In 1981, scientist Edward Taub was arrested after Alex Pachecho and PETA presented proof to the local authorities about the experiments that were done with monkeys in his lab. This came to be known as the Silver Spring monkeys.
Platypuses, Bearded Dragons, and Zebrafish might offer a further history of REM sleep and the origins of dreams in humans.
Oliver Sacks would have been 86 today. We explore his most famous book, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, 34 years later.
Randolph Nesse is responsible for Darwinian medicine. In his new book, Good Reasons for Bad Feelings, he opens the door for evolutionary psychiatry.
Esmé Weijun Wang’s new book, The Collected Schizophrenias, is a thrilling and sometimes chaotic ride through her many battles with schizoaffective disorder.
Oliver Sacks’ last book, Everything In Its Place, delivers a heartfelt goodbye and a much-needed collection of writings that represents his voracious appetite for knowledge.
Mirror Neurons have been popularized by the media and early by scientist as the key to understanding empathy. What has happened to the promising research?
