Even if a leading theory of consciousness is wrong, it can still be useful to science.
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Neuroscience
In a post-trip state, psychedelic researchers are finding, real healing begins.
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Brain scans reveal what fuels novel thinking.
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Scientists have learned smell loss can be a diagnostic tool for Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s.
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The winner of 2023’s Best Illusion of the Year contest on the nature of science and magic.
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How the wager between a neuroscientist and a philosopher will keep paying off.
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The sex stereotypes built into animal research.
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Your expectations form the way you experience the world.
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Emotions don’t happen to you; your brain creates them.
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Our minds seem both physical and intangible. That paradox has gripped this neuroscientist since childhood.
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