Pain on the Brain
Men and women experience pain in different ways, a new study shows. "Aaaagh, my KORs are killing me!" The behavior of opioids – chemicals that suppress pain – differs between men’s and women’s bodies....
View ArticleDrugs, Neuroscience, and You
Let’s be honest here: if a person really wants to try an illegal drug, he or she is going to find a way to try it. To me, the most reasonable response to this fact seems to be to share clear,...
View ArticleChemical Parasites
A certain brain parasite actually turns off people’s feelings of fear by increasing levels of the neurotransmitter chemical dopamine, says a new study. T. gondii, gettin' ready to blow your %@&#$...
View ArticleStress Intervention
Scientists have discovered a way to shut down the brain’s “stress process” before it gets going, says a new study. Stress, or just a very acute case of the munchies? It's hard to say. By blocking the...
View ArticleDeciphering Sleep: Our Interview with David Rye
Why do we need to sleep? In all of human biology, few questions are more persistent – or more mythologized – than this one. Almost as puzzling as sleep itself are sleep disorders like narcolepsy and...
View Article“Hallucination & Imagination”— Podcast 8: Oliver Sacks
On Episode 8 of the Connectome podcast, I talk with Oliver Sacks, renowned neuroscientist and author of such books as The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Musicophilia and Hallucinations. In...
View ArticleThis Is Your Brain on Magic Mushrooms
In this article for Discover Magazine, I take a trip into the weird world of psychedelic neuroscience – which is actually a major area of serious research right now. Specifically, I delve into one new...
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