Neuroscience
Your Brain Chooses What to Let You See
Beneath our awareness, the brain lets certain kinds of stimuli automatically capture our attention by lowering the priority of the rest.
Consciousness Doesn’t Depend on Language
We share the basic experience of life with all mammals.
Human Emotions Are Personal Narratives
Neuroscientist Joseph LeDoux on what makes our brains unique.
Our Brains Tell Stories So We Can Live
Without inner narratives we would be lost in a chaotic world.
Do Brains Operate at a Tipping Point? New Clues and Complications
New experimental results simultaneously advance and challenge the theory that the brain’s network of neurons balances on the knife-edge between two phases.
Are Animal Experiments Justified?
A neuroscientist confronts his anguish over experimenting on animals.
Goals and Rewards Redraw the Brain’s Map of the World
Two new studies show that the brain’s navigation system changes how it represents physical space to reflect personal experience.
