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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Why The Neuroscience of Identity is Bound to Time and Memory
What happens to our identities when the hands of time move unpredictably?
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 Photography Impacts The Psychology of Attention and Visual Processing
Adam Brockett explains the neuroscience of phtography
What the Neuroscience of Decision-Making Teaches Us About Taking Better Pictures
How does the brain decide what to take pictures of in the first place?
The Neuroscience Behind Vision, Photography, and Cameras
What’s the neuroscience of vision? And how do cameras simulate this?
Using the Power of Art and Illustration to Communicate Science, with Neuroscientist and Scientific Illustrator Dr. Radhika Patnala
What lies at the intersection of art, neuroscience, and visualization?
The Neuroscience of Mind Uploading and The Psychology of The Digital Afterlife
If our brains can be uploaded, can we live on in the digital afterlife?
How Social Cognition Creates Consciousness and Kills Philosophical Zombies
What can zombies teach us about the neuroscience of consciousness?
The Neuroscience of The Familiar in The Strange World Of Generative AI
What do our brains really think about Generative AI media?
The Strange Social Neuroscience of TikTok
The TikTok experience: A world of forever first impressions
Capgras Delusion and The Neuroscience of Social Media Imposters
A world full of people who look real, but don’t feel real
What Cleveland Teaches us About Schemas and The Neuroscience of Perception
Cleveland may be the ultimate example of perceptual lumping
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
