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THIS device may not nudge your brain into deep sleep
The Washington Post used this picture of a saline-filled 280-channel Geodesic Head Web1 to illustrate a new wearable device that aims to enhance slow wave sleep (SWS). The device delivers low-level...
View ArticleABCT Apologizes for Past Support of Gay Conversion Therapy
It's 2022, and the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) has just issued a belated apology because two of their past Presidents published papers on “aversion therapies” for...
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Extracting reliable neurobiological biomarkers for complex subjective...
"The self is the psychological counterpart of the default mode functionality of the brain." (Scalabrini et al., 2021). The self studying how "The Self" is represented and constructed by the brain is...
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The Human Protein Atlas (Neuropeptide Edition)
The more you study the brain, the more unknowable it becomes. The level of complexity is baffling, and this is true whether the brain belongs to a human or a crab.1 The latest uptick in human brain...
View Article"And then a Plank in Reason, broke,"
“I am dead.” In terms of possible delusions in living human beings, Le délire des négations—the nihilistic delusion that one is dead —evokes the most harrowing existence imaginable. The French...
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Frankenstein's Hand
Just in time for Halloween, I had a hideous surgery to repair a fractured elbow. This entailed receiving a nerve block that made my hand feel like a dead appendage, which was quite spooky indeed....
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Neuroscience Trend Forecasters
As 2022 draws to a close, the SNL Trend Forecasters have agreed to divulge their predictions for the most — and the least — exciting research fads for the New Year.The Neurocritic: How do you guys...
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I'm thinking about moving this blog...
...to another platform. Hi, it's been a while. I haven't written anything this year. My last post was December 31, 2022.The main reason is that I've had to deal with more loss and grief in my life....
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Why are "Love Languages" so popular, when they're completely inaccurate?
I joined an online dating site a few months ago.1 Besides being asked about my sun, moon, and rising signs (?), I was puzzled by the following question.2My love language? I'm supposed to choose only...
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