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Your three brains
The "triune brain" model dates back to the 1960s.The three brains reflect the evolutionary progress of humankind from primitive to intelligent.Sometimes the interactions between the brains can be...
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The secret philosophy of bonsai trees
Cultivating a bonsai tree is about more than making small, young plants appear old and aged.In the process of trying to sculpt a living, breathing, changing organism, the cultivator submits to the...
View ArticleYour reptilian brain, explained | Robert Sapolsky
What's the best way to think about the brain? While most of us think of it as a dense gray matter that's separate from the physical body, that actually couldn't be further from the truth. Our brain is...
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Your beliefs are much harder to justify than you think
Epistemic justification is the area of philosophy that asks: what counts as enough to justify a belief?Coherentism is the theory that states a belief is justified insofar as it coheres or is...
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Inside Mary's Room: is a physical world all there is?
Physicalism is the idea that the world can be adequately and completely explained using physical descriptions and that even things which appear non-physical can be explained as physical.A thought...
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Want to remember something? Maybe eat some chocolate
Sleep is essential to how we function, and one of its more important aspects is how it consolidates memories.The brain decides for us which memories we ought to keep. It does so based upon the...
View Article3 brain hacks to control your Amazon addiction (from a neuroscientist)
"From the evolutionary perspective, the human brain evolved to feel first and think later," says neuroscientist and marketing consultant Terry Wu. The part of our brain that controls emotions (the...
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Instant gratification: The neuroscience of impulse buying
A recent episode of "Your Brain on Money" explored the psychological factors behind impulse buying.Online shopping has made it harder than ever to resist impulsive purchases, which may provide instant...
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If you knew the future, would you still choose your life?
When we decide to act, we either are incredibly bad at thinking through the implications or give very little thought to the future at all.A short story by Ted Chiang, "The Story of Your Life," asks us...
View ArticleHow Apple and Nike have branded your brain
Powerful branding can not only change how you feel about a company, it can actually change how your brain is wired."We love to think of ourselves as rational. That's not how it works," says UPenn...
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Modern sophistry: how to debunk politicians and self-help books
In Ancient Greece, sophists were philosophers who used their intellect for personal gain rather than the pursuit of knowledge.Though the term is disappearing, sophists are not, especially in the...
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Naps cannot fix sleep deprivation
A lack of sufficient slow-wave sleep reduces cognitive ability.While naps can help slightly, the effect is so minor as not to be meaningful, according to a new study.The study specifically tested...
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The problem of other minds: a disturbing world of polite, smiling zombies
The problem of other minds asks how it is that we can be sure that other people have mental lives when we can only infer that this is the case from behavior and testimony.John Stuart Mill argued that...
View ArticleWhat charity does to your brain
What happens in your brain when you give time or money? Altruism is often framed as an act performed for the sake of someone else without the expectation of a reward. Author Jenni Santi and psychology...
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How generosity changes your brain
In recent decades, a growing body of research has revealed that giving to others produces numerous psychological and physiological benefits.The exact neural mechanisms underlying this remain unclear,...
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Neurohacking: how to upgrade your mental abilities
We can improve our minds using scientifically based techniques.One person used a technique to enhance his memory, and it resulted him becoming (for a time) the highest single-day earner on the quiz...
View ArticleHow to trick your brain into saving money
Thanks to evolution, humans are not great at thinking and planning long term. "The human brain just has certain tendencies," says neuroscientist Alex Korb. "We're always going to pay more attention to...
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The power of utopian thinking: it's not just for naïve dreamers
Thomas More's Utopia presents an ideal society without money, property, violence, or inequality. It is science fiction, philosophy, and a political thought experiment rolled into one.Many commentators...
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Helmet worn at home shrank man's brain tumor by a third
This article was originally published on our sister site, Freethink.A new brain tumor treatment appeared to shrink a man's aggressive glioblastoma tumor by nearly a third — and all he had to do was...
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The strange case of the dead-but-not-dead Tibetan monks
The bodies of some Tibetan monks remain "fresh" after what appears to be their death.Their fellow monks say they're not dead yet but in a deep, final meditative state called "thukdam."Science has not...
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