Over the past few years, the psychologist Laurie Santos has examined the roots of human irrationality by studying the way our primate relatives make decisions. Her experiments in “monkeynomics” have shown that monkeys make some of the same silly financial...
Why do you do what you do? Why get up in the morning…what drives you, motivates you, makes you feel alive? Or have you lost that sense of living a meaningful life? What can you do to rekindle the fires of a passionate existence?
What makes a killer? UC Irvine neuroscientist Dr. James Fallon has unique insight into the brains of psychopaths – one that surprised him, and provides us with a compelling demonstration of nature vs nuture… or is it nature and nuture? 400 people packed...
Dr. Fallon: “My PET scan looks just like a psychopath’s.” His Wife: “It doesn’t surprise me…” What makes a killer? UC Irvine neuroscientist Dr. James Fallon has unique insight into the brains of psychopaths – one that...
How do you feel? David Linden looks at the sensation of touch, from its biological origins to its deep impact on the human experience. David J. Linden, Ph.D., is a professor in the Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience at the Johns Hopkins University School of...
