Despite what you may have heard, you can’t tell if a person’s lying by watching their eyes. If you’re surprised, you’re not alone – I thought that theory made a lot of sense until I read this new study. As it turns out, the eye idea just doesn’t line up with the evidence. As far [...]
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Lying Eyes
July 12th, 2012 
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Science, Pseudoscience, and Souls
April 24th, 2012 The Connectome This article, Near Death Explained by Mario Beauregard, doesn’t actually explain what out-of-body experiences are. What it does is propose non-scientific answers derived from fallacious reasoning. Which is intensely frustrating, because Beauregard is writing about an awesome topic: What happens in our brains when we have out-of-body experiences (OBEs)? I mean, who wouldn’t want to know that? What makes [...]
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3 Popular Neuroscience Ideas…That Aren’t Really True
March 28th, 2012 The Connectome Like science? Sure – we all do. And you like to stay informed about it – but it’s not like you’re going to set aside hours of your time for studying scholarly journals, when you could be…eating ham, or whatever it is you enjoy doing. And who could blame you? Science journals don’t have that [...]
Posted in Feature Stories, Featured Tags: biochemistry, hormones, neuroanatomy, neurochemistry, neurophysiology, science to the rescue! 2 Comments »Neuroscience Friends!
March 4th, 2012 The Connectome I’ve just returned from a thrilling weekend at the BIL Conference in Long Beach, California (yes, the pun on “TED” is very intentional) where I met all kinds of smart, fun people – including lots of folks who share my love for braaaiiins! So I thought I’d introduce you guys to some of the friends [...]
Posted in Feature Stories Tags: biochemistry, biology, consciousness, learning, neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, psychology, science to the rescue!, technology 1 Comment »Consider This an Invitation
March 2nd, 2012 The Connectome This photo got me thinking. Only 24 percent? Really? We’re finding weird new exoplanets every day – hell, NASA hasn’t even ruled out the possibility that there could be life on Europa and Titan, two moons in our own solar system – yet so many people have lost faith in space’s limitless potential to surprise [...]
5 Ways to Fight the Blues…with Science!
February 22nd, 2012 The Connectome So you’re stuck in that mid-week slump…the weekend lies on the other side of a scorching desert of work, and you have no canteen because you gave up water for Lent (in this metaphor, “water” refers to alcohol…just to be clear). But fear not! Neuroscience knows how to cheer you up! Nope, this isn’t another [...]
Posted in Feature Stories, Featured Tags: anxiety, depression, fear, psychology, science to the rescue!, senses 3 Comments »Sacred Values
January 25th, 2012 The Connectome Principles on which we refuse to change our stance are processed via separate neural pathways from those we’re more flexible on, says a new study. Our minds process many decisions in moral “gray areas” by weighing the risks and rewards involved – so if the risk is lessened or the reward increased, we’re sometimes willing [...]
Posted in Brain News Tags: emotions, ethics, fMRI, imaging, morality, neurophysiology, psychology, science to the rescue! 4 Comments »
A Memory Menagerie
July 13th, 2011 The Connectome What we call “memory” isn’t just one process – or even one type of process. In fact, neuropsychologists classify memories using a system that can be a little bewildering – which is why I’m going to do my best to clear up some distinctions. So, without further ado, let’s take a tour of this memory zoo. Part I. [...]
Perfect Memory and the Ten Percent Myth
March 21st, 2011 The Connectome This story begins in a bar. On the wall-mounted TV, the popular channel Sports Channel was taking a break from the popular show Men in Suits Awkwardly Attempting Rapport to show a trailer for the movie Limitless. I’m not gonna lie – I was intrigued by the plot at first; and not only because literally anything on [...]
Posted in Feature Stories Tags: drugs, memory, neurophysiology, science to the rescue! No Comments »The Splort Hormone
February 5th, 2011 The Connectome At the end of my last post, I promised I’d explain more about inner dialogue, and get into some practical tips on self-programming. A draft of that write-up is almost finished [SCIENCE UPDATE! It's here.] but I came across an article today that brought up some intriguing points – and some common misconceptions – about [...]
