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Neuroscientists scanned Sting’s brain. Here’s what they learned.
The Washington Post: A book with the title “This Is Your Brain on Music” would, presumably, be of great interest to a musician like Sting. His gray matter has been on the stuff for a
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When Daydreaming Becomes a Problem
The Wall Street Journal: Can daydreaming become extreme to the point where it impacts daily functioning? It is a controversial notion, but Eli Somer, a clinical professor of psychology at the University of Haifa in
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Turns Out You Really Do Think Brilliant Thoughts in the Shower
New York Magazine: The timeline of big moments in human history is littered with sudden, seemingly random realizations. Rene Descartes, for instance, came up with the idea for Cartesian geometry while watching a fly zoom
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What We Have and Haven’t Learned
In psychological science, as in other sciences, it is difficult to establish broadly consequential conclusions beyond reasonable dispute. It therefore sometimes seems that we make no progress at all; however, when I look back on
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Could You Hack Your Brain To Get More Motivated?
NPR: We know we should put the cigarettes away or make use of that gym membership, but in the moment, we just don’t do it. There is a cluster of neurons in our brain critical
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Burnout and the Brain
Burnout is not just a state of mind. Psychological research shows it to be a condition that leads to distinctive changes in the anatomy and functioning of the brain.
