What if consciousness is just a product of our nonconcious brain?

Dec 24, 2018 08:08 am UTC| Insights & Views Health

As the very word used to describe it has been worn smooth by a million tongues, consciousness is a fertile topic for confusion. We all know what it is to be conscious. It is, basically, being aware of and responding to the...

Obsessed with being busy? A historical perspective may help you out

Dec 24, 2018 08:05 am UTC| Insights & Views Health

Addiction to being busy is popularly portrayed as a toxic feature of modernity. The acceleration of everyday life is nostalgically compared to the past, when life was supposedly simpler. Yet the question of how best to...

Drug development is no longer just for Big Pharma. Researchers at Bio-X explain

Dec 21, 2018 11:03 am UTC| Insights & Views Health

I am a graduate student and resident in the field of neurosurgery and would like to share an unusual and very personal story of developing a drug. Developmental biologist Dr. Matthew Scott and I went from purely basic...

The problem with using psychoanalysis on children

Dec 19, 2018 15:21 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health

Children with problems or problem children? That is the question often asked by parents and teachers alike. If a child is naughty in school, are they a bad child or are they facing mental ill health? Most analysis...

Morning lark or night owl? How our body clocks affect our mental and physical performance

Dec 19, 2018 15:19 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health

Whether youre a morning person or love burning the midnight oil, were all controlled by so-called body clocks. These body clocks (which regulate your circadian rhythms) are inside almost every cell in the body and control...

How to avoid overspending: uncover the psychology behind why people buy

Dec 19, 2018 15:17 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health

Between 40% and 80% of purchases are impulse buys. Marketers often get blamed for this, but while marketing tactics may be cynical, manipulative, and even deceptive, shoppers are generally wise to their ways. Of greater...

Why are people religious? A cognitive perspective

Dec 19, 2018 15:16 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health

The quick and easy answer to why people are religious is that God in whichever form you believe he/she/they take(s) is real and people believe because they communicate with it and perceive evidence of its involvement in...