The Smell of the Good Ol’ Days
The innumerable ways in which our parents contribute to our physical and mental identities are as complex as they are fascinating. From the genetic information they share with us to…
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Author: Ryan Kast
Chords of perception
Your brain is endowed with the fascinating ability to detect saliency in the world. This means that it works to recognize patterns in the presence of excessive sensory information, which…
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The Brain: A Social Construction Site
Have you ever wondered how the social experiences you had early in life affected the way your brain developed? How was your cerebral architecture influenced by the games of ‘peek-a-boo’…
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My, oh myelin!
How many neural processes are going on within your body as you read this sentence? The answer to this question is hard to fathom, I know, but give it a…
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