Neuroscience
Emotion regulation
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The Stoics were right – emotional control is good for the soul
Both neuroscience and psychotherapy agree that you can change your mental framework as the Stoic Marcus Aurelius described
by István Darabán
Mind and brain
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This is how your brain distinguishes reality from imagination
In terms of brain activity, imagining something is very similar to seeing it, so why don’t you confuse the two more often?
by Shayla Love
The body and physical health
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How ‘stirrings of the heart’ shape your experience of time
New research is showing the embodied nature of time perception and how it can fluctuate in tune with the heart’s beats
by Shayla Love
Brain injury and dementia
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Earlier memories are relatively spared in dementia. Why?
People with Alzheimer’s have richer memories of late childhood and early adulthood and this could help therapeutic care
by Dorthe Berntsen
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
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
Grief
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Seeing grieving as learning explains why the process takes time
Standard features of human memory and learning can help explain the disorientation that follows the death of a loved one
by Saren H Seeley & Mary-Frances O’Connor
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
Neuroscience
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I saw my baby as a river flowing through me, and gave birth
Daoist wisdom and fMRI data show that mental images alter our bodies, from easing childbirth to enhancing sports performance
by Anna Hennessey
Knowledge and reason
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Babies and chicks help solve one of psychology’s oldest puzzles
From the beginning of life, both humans and other species can grasp important characteristics of the world around them
by Giorgio Vallortigara
The self
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A stable sense of self is rooted in the lungs, heart and gut
Exciting new research findings are validating ancient folk beliefs that root the sense of self deep in the body’s organs
by Alessandro Monti
Neuroscience
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Brain scans look stunning, but what do they actually mean?
Functional brain scans are a valuable tool but their meaning must be interpreted with caution and scepticism
by Danielle Carr