Mind and brain
Nature and the environment
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The fungal mind: on the evidence for mushroom intelligence
The evidence for fungal intelligence is in: they can operate as individuals, make decisions, learn, and have short-term memory
by Nicholas P Money
Thinking and intelligence
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Talking out loud to yourself is a technology for thinking
Talking out loud to oneself is a technology for thinking that allows us to clarify and sharpen our approach to a problem
by Nana Ariel
Mind and brain
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To grasp how serotonin works on the brain, look to the gut
A new perspective uses an analogy between digestion and cognition to help explain the function of a key neurochemical
by James M Shine
Neurodiversity
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I have no mind’s eye: let me try to describe it for you
With aphantasia, my mind’s eye sees only darkness, not images. It’s like missing a sense, and only imagination can compensate
by Neesa Sunar
Sports and games
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Physical fatigue is in the brain as much as in the body
The idea of ‘mind over muscle’ is more than motivational rhetoric – exercise science shows how the brain manages fatigue
by David Robson
Mind and brain
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Slow down, it’s what your brain has been begging for
It’s no small task to live a life of sustained attention. So slow down, and give your brain a break to do its work
by Teodora Stoica
Mind and brain
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Time doesn’t flow like a river. So why do we feel swept along?
Physics tells us that time doesn’t flow like a river, as Heraclitus claimed. Why then do we feel like we’re swept along?
by Nick Young
Resilience and flexibility
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What the distinctive brains of resilient people can teach us
Resilient people have brains that are distinct in their structure and function, providing clues for how to build resilience
by Laura Moreno-López
Knowledge and reason
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Self-knowledge is a super power – if it’s not an illusion
Self-knowledge is a powerful thing – if it’s not an illusion. What can we know about our own minds, and why does it matter?
by Jared Peterson
The self
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The philosophy of selfhood became real when my mother got dementia
My mother’s dementia shook her sense of self, and mine. We can understand ourselves only through embodied connection to others
by Noga Arikha
Mind and brain
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Allow error into your life and experience the joy of surprise
Neuroscience theories see the human brain as an error-minimising machine. But that overlooks the joy of the unexpected
by Leyla Loued-Khenissi
Animals
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A basic sense of numbers is shared by countless creatures
Birds, bees, cats and other animals have an ability to use numbers. How can this help us understand people with dyscalculia?
by Brian Butterworth