The absence of joy and pleasure"anhedonia"has, in its way, become a popular issue in the wake of the disease depression. A quarter of us are affected by it over the course of a lifetime, var…
All of the brain's place cells together represent the entirety of an animal's environment, and whichever place cell is active indicates its current location. In other words, the hippocampus …
"Pat Martino had brain surgery in 1980 to remove a tangle of malformed veins and arteries. At the time he was one of the most celebrated guitarists in jazz. Yet few people knew that Martino …
"Because the brain grades on a curve, endlessly comparing the present with what came just before, the secret to happiness may be unhappiness. Not unmitigated unhappiness, of course, but the …
You might wonder how people who seem so good by occupation could be so bad in private. The theory of moral licensing could help explain why: When humans are good, it says, we give ourselves …