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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.
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neuroscience, culture, evolution, books
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.
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.
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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