The Neuroscience Of … Human Nature
This blog is dedicated to exploring human nature, modern life, and psychological curiosities through the lens of neuroscience. The specific topics of these articles vary widely, and revolve around themes like philosophy, technology, social life, consumerism, & human consciousness.
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The Value of Generative AI Art Lies with the Psychology of Essentialism
Can Generative AI art be transformative? It depends on its essence
Generative AI Separates The Art from The Artist. Humanism isn’t Happy
Music and Art connect humanity across place and time. Can AI music do the same?
Beyond The Truman Show Delusion: Solipsism and The Neuroscience of Mentalization
How can our brains understand the brains of others?
What The Truman Show Delusion Reveals About Human Nature
Is it all a show, just for us? Or a trick of our own social cognition?
How The Narrative Bias and Storytelling Drives our Love of Sports
Our love of sports is actually a love of storytelling
What Foxes Reveal About Human Nature
Dogs are man’s best friend, but friendly foxes might be a close second
The Psychology of Questions, an Interview with Marc Champagne
How can we inject a bit of ancient wisdom into our modern existence?
How Generative AI Media Tweaks Our Psychological Schema
Generative AI poses many risks. Especially to our schema
The Neuroscience of The Familiar in The Strange World Of Generative AI
What do our brains really think about Generative AI media?
Sartre warned us about ChatGPT and Modern Consumer Freedom
We love freedom, but does freedom love us back?
How Social Comparison Drives Our Happiness, Wealth, and Social Media Status
You’re only as good as your social benchmark
What Cleveland Teaches us About Schemas and The Neuroscience of Perception
Cleveland may be the ultimate example of perceptual lumping
Why Social Media Influencers Are The New American Dream
Economic mobility is in decline, and Americans need a new noble lie. Influencers have just the thing
The Brain in Chance Encounters: What Neuroscience Teaches us about Serendipity
Serendipity is a rare, mysterious feeling. It ultimately comes down to the brain’s search for meaning
How to Bond with The Dead using Ritual and Social Cognition
The power of ritual can help us break bread with the dead
What Do Death Rituals Reveal About Social Neuroscience?
Death is a certainty. How it’s ritualized directly impacts how we think about the dead
How The Search for Telepathy Changed Neuroscience Forever
A neuroscientific revolution born of irrationality