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Understanding Blindsight: An Interview with Dr. Beatrice de Gelder

December 30, 2018

Dr. Beatrice de Gelder, a cognitive and affective neuroscientist based in the Netherlands, has conducted extensive research on the phenomenon known as “blindsight.” This refers to visual abilities in persons with cortical blindness. Formerly a senior scientist at the Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging

Every Human Being Has The Fundamental Right To Education

December 10, 2018

Education is also important because development is not just economic growth; education equips people with the values that make it possible for us to peacefully and respectfully coexist in our diversity, and it actually enables us to live peacefully together.

Caring for Our Veterans: The Wounded Warrior Project

November 11, 2018

If ever you want a lesson in courage, strength, and the ability to persevere despite any obstacle, talk to one of the wonderful people who participate in the Wounded Warrior Project. The Jacksonville, Florida-based nonprofit organization’s purpose is to raise awareness for veterans and physically and mentally injured military service

(Who Wrote) The Book of Love: An Interview with Dr. Gabriel Abend

November 9, 2018

How do scientists go about defining love when they perform experiments? An interest in this particular aspect of the human condition is prevalent in both disciplines — but in neuroscience, they are only beginning to scratch the surface.

(Anti-)Social Media: How Social Networks Affect Our Neural Networks

November 5, 2018

We like to think we are fairly rational and sensible beings, unable to be puppeteered by the internet, but neuroscientists are quickly unveiling how social media networks significantly affect our neural networks and motivate certain behaviors. One candidate in particular understood how to use this hook to his advantage

Guiding Meditation: An Interview with “Brain Whisperer” Kelly Howell

November 3, 2018

Can we rise above our alleged “genetically determined” fates and environment to become who we want to be? Kelly Howell thinks we can. She credits meditation with helping her heal from a devastating car accident at age 22, when she broke her neck, which left her suffering from depression and headaches

What Makes a Child “Gifted”?

November 1, 2018

These characteristics are all common among gifted children: not only are they typically academically advanced and highly creative, they also tend to experience hypersensitivities and often find ethical issues particularly salient. Carol Bainbridge, an expert on the subject, enumerates a long list of traits and abilities

I Always Knew You Were Telepathic: Investigating the Brain’s “Supernatural” Communication

October 30, 2018

Have you ever wondered what a person from the Middle Ages might think if they could spend a single day with you? He or she might think that you’re some sort of sorcerer as they watch you dash off emails, chat on your cell phone, or Skype with someone on the other side of the globe. These are all magical forms

The Soul Is In The Brain: An Interview with Eduard Punset

October 23, 2018

If you ask professor, author, and specialist on the impact of emerging technologies Eduard Punset about his motivation to go into science, he says that when he saw the impact of new technologies on the multiplication of products and markets, thus breaking the sacred principle of economies of scale

The Zero Point: Living as A Citizen of Earth

October 9, 2018

Many intellectuals, spiritual leaders, and even scientists are talking about oneness. But the reality is that we keep drawing dividing lines between us, as we can see from the many problems of our world. In order to make the zero point physically manifest and come to life, understanding it conceptually or even through experience is not enough

Does Superman Help Explain the Experience of Autism?

October 5, 2018

While critics and audiences railed at the portrayal of Superman in the fight scenes of his return to the big screen in “Man Of Steel,” there was another aspect of his character that was far less discussed in that film. In an early flashback sequence, the young Clark Kent is trying to concentrate in school, but the world around him

Dr. Daniel Amen on Taking a Closer Look At the Brain

October 4, 2018

“I belong to the only group of doctors that never looks at the organ they treat,” says Dr. Daniel Amen. He is, of course, referring to psychiatrists, and the organ is, of course, the brain. Different from functional MRIs which provide pictures of the brain, SPECT (single photon emission computed tomography) imaging

Using Brains to Build Healthier Communities

September 20, 2018

Conceived by Jill Bolte Taylor, the neuroanatomist who experienced a stroke in 1996 and went on to pen the best-selling memoir, “My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist’s Personal Journey,” The Brain Extravaganza! project resembles the popular CowParade but this time it’s about us … and our brains.

The Longest Street In The World

September 20, 2018

“Sesame Street” first aired in 1969 as an American television show aimed at using television to educate underprivileged children in order to bridge the educational gap between children from different economic backgrounds. “Sesame Street” is now showing in over 140 countries, with international

Becoming An Earth Citizen

September 8, 2018

I, together with world-renowned academics, political leaders, and senior journalists, held the Humanity Conference to suggest the need for a common identification beyond the limits of religion, nationality, and ideology. We introduced the idea of the “earth human” — someone who lives for the betterment

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