Walking in the Dark: Creating a New Virtual Map in Your Brain After Loss
For your brain, grief is a learning problem, and it can only be solved with new experiences over time.
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From Strangers to Teammates: How Getting on the Same Wavelength Might Be More than a Metaphor
What distinguishes a random collection of people on a subway from a meaningful psychological group? Research on inter-brain coupling suggests that when people collectively focus and coordinate action, shared identity springs to life.
What Dreams May Come and Why and How
Dream research began before Freud, REM sleep isn’t the only stage when we dream, how researchers study dream hacking, and more on the science of dreams with Robert Stickgold.
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Illuminating the Links Between Light and Disease
We are experiencing too much of the wrong kind of light at the wrong part of the day, writes Ainissa Ramirez. Here’s how these lights affect our health and some ideas for what we can do about it.
The Threat of Boredom Is a Call to Action
We typically try to avoid boredom. But in trying to outrun boredom, we risk failing to heed its call.
Forget the Robot Apocalypse, Focus on Building More Useful AI: A Q&A with Gary Marcus
Buzzy headlines cloud our understanding of how advanced AI really is. We should stop focusing on apocalyptic scenarios, says cognitive scientist Gary Marcus, and start making AI more useful.