The latest Issue of Neuron presents a series of reviews that highlight the exciting research in the field of Social Neuroscience, which seeks to understand how the brain mediates social behaviors, and conversely how social behaviors influence brain function.
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If you are running late and your ‘to-do’ list is driving you crazy, maybe you’re suffering from a disorder? Helen Croydon discusses her personal experience with adult ADHD(attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) in Do you have adult ADHD? The Times
As I researched online I started to cry. It seemed to spell out my personality. On the one hand I felt relief but on the other hand, there was a realisation that perhaps my life has been negatively shaped by it. Is it an avoidance of monotony that makes me shun long-term relationships? link to article
Source: The Times
In one of the stories in David Eagleman’s first work of fiction, Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives (Canongate), God consoles himself for the mess that is humankind by reading Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. In another, people pay vast sums to ensure the glamorous afterlife they desire, only to find themselves marooned in the most cliched version of heaven, where they sit on white clouds, clad in ill-fitting white robes, strumming harps. link to continue reading
Source: The Guardian
