Content tagged "neuroscience"
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Life After Hate: Recovering From Racism
The stories of Life After Hate members and the science behind both everyday and organized hate — touching on neuroscience, psychology and criminology.
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The Story of a Study of the Mind
Rebecca Saxe, PhD ’03, identified the parts of the brain that help us recognize others’ feelings. As a new professor, she took that research a step further in a groundbreaking follow-up study.
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Podcast, George Lakoff: “The Brain’s Politics: How Campaigns Are Framed and Why”
“What we learn, know and understand is physical — a matter of brain circuitry. This has deep implications for how politics is understood.”
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Stronger: The Architects of a New Intelligence
The quest for strong artificial intelligence ultimately becomes the quest to understand ourselves.
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The 7 Laws of Magical Thinking: How Irrational Beliefs Keep Us Happy, Healthy, and Sane
“A provocative and entertaining look at the psychology of superstition and religion, how they make us human—and how we can use them to our advantage.”
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Double Play: Athletes’ Use of Sport Video Games to Enhance Athletic Performance
Why elite athletes are playing sport video games as their virtual selves. Draws on interviews and observations of elite athletes playing sport video games.
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The Clearest Mirror: The Science of Laughing and Crying
Studying laughing and crying side to side is a way to see our species anew.
