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Book Excerpt from <em>When Brains Dream</em>
Book Excerpt from When Brains Dream
Ferreting out the biological function of dreaming is a frontier in neuroscience.
Book Excerpt from When Brains Dream
Book Excerpt from When Brains Dream

Ferreting out the biological function of dreaming is a frontier in neuroscience.

Ferreting out the biological function of dreaming is a frontier in neuroscience.

neuroscience, culture, evolution

Opinion: The Biological Function of Dreams
Robert Stickgold and Antonio Zadra | Dec 1, 2020 | 3 min read
The scenarios that run through our sleeping brains may help us explore possible solutions to concerns from our waking lives.
Book Excerpt from The Nature of Fear
Daniel T. Blumstein | Oct 21, 2020 | 4 min read
In the book’s prologue, author Daniel T. Blumstein explains his introduction to the study of fear.
Opinion: What Animals Can Teach Us About Fear
Daniel T. Blumstein | Oct 1, 2020 | 3 min read
Fear binds us to our human and nonhuman ancestors. Understanding the emotion can help us grapple with challenges we face today.
What Made Human Brains So Big?
Ashley Yeager | May 24, 2018 | 2 min read
Ecological challenges such as finding food and creating fire may have led the organ to become abnormally large, a new computer model suggests.
Capsule Reviews
Bob Grant | Dec 1, 2015 | 3 min read
Welcome to the Microbiome, The Paradox of Evolution, Newton's Apple, and Dawn of the Neuron.
Capsule Reviews
Bob Grant | Feb 1, 2015 | 3 min read
Touch, The Altruistic Brain, Is Shame Necessary?, and Future Arctic
Capsule Reviews
Bob Grant | Nov 1, 2014 | 3 min read
Leonardo's Brain, The Future of the Brain, Dodging Extinction, and Arrival of the Fittest
Beyond Cat Killing
Bob Grant | Jul 31, 2014 | 1 min read
Capsule reviewed author Ian Leslie sets up his latest book, Curious, about the human propensity to wonder and learn.
Speaking of Science
The Scientist | Apr 1, 2014 | 2 min read
April 2014's selection of notable quotes
Capsule Reviews
Annie Gottlieb | Sep 1, 2012 | 3 min read
Wired for Story, Dreamland, Homo Mysterious, and Vagina
Capsule Reviews
Bob Grant | Jul 1, 2012 | 3 min read
Evolving, The Moral Molecule, Aping Mankind, and Experiment Eleven
Killing with Kindness
Barbara Oakley, Guruprasad Madhavan, Ariel Knafo, and David Sloan Wilson | Feb 1, 2012 | 3 min read
Studying the evolution of altruistic behaviors reveals how knee-jerk good intentions can backfire.
Book Excerpt from Pathological Altruism
Barbara Oakley, Ariel Knafo, and Michael McGrath | Jan 31, 2012 | 3 min read
In Chapter 1, editors Barbara Oakley, Ariel Knafo, and Michael McGrath introduce the concept of well-intentioned behaviors that go awry.
Capsule Reviews
Bob Grant | Aug 1, 2011 | 3 min read
First Life, Radioactivity, Brain Bugs, Life of Earth
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