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Consciousness Archives

Livewired

Livewired

What does drug withdrawal have in common with a broken heart? Why is the enemy of memory not time but other memories? How can a blind person learn to see with her tongue, or a deaf person learn to hear with his skin? Might we someday control a robot with our thoughts,...
Being You: A New Science of Consciousness

Being You: A New Science of Consciousness

Anil Seth’s quest to understand the biological basis of conscious experience is one of the most exciting contributions to twenty-first-century science. What does it mean to “be you”—that is, to have a specific, conscious experience of the world around you and...
Never Enough: The Neuroscience & Experience of Addiction

Never Enough: The Neuroscience & Experience of Addiction

From a renowned behavioral neuroscientist and recovering addict, a rare pause-resisting work of science that draws on personal insights to reveal how drugs work, the dangerous hold they can take on the brain, and the surprising way to combat today’s epidemic of...
Unique: The New Science of Human Individuality

Unique: The New Science of Human Individuality

What makes us all so different? Unique is the riveting answer. Exploring everything from the roots of sexuality, gender, and intelligence to whether we like bitter beer, Linden shows how our individuality results not from a competition of nature versus nurture, but...
Rethinking Psychedelics

Rethinking Psychedelics

Join us for a fascinating conversation with Lindsay Cameron, PhD, BrainStorm Neuroscience Pitch Competition™ 2023 awardee, sharing her Mind Science-funded research conducted in the Malenka and Deisseroth Labs at Stanford, where Dr. Cameron is a Postdoctoral Scholar....

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