CuriousLizard167959851 Type post Author Denyse O’Leary Date September 10, 2026 CategoriesEvolutionNeuroscience & Mind Tagged , brain, Carl Sagan, emotion, evolution, explainaway, Georgia Tech, human brain, limbic system, lizard brain, neuroscience, overthinking, Paul D. MacLean, physiology, pop psychology, reptilian brain, Science Daily, smarts, social anxiety, The Dragons of Eden, universe Return of the Lizard Brain? It Seems Not Denyse O’Leary September 10, 2026 Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind 3 It’s easy to see why people might latch onto the idea of a reptilian brain as an explainer, or an explainaway, for complex topics. Read More ›
possum Type post Author Denyse O’Leary Date July 24, 2026 CategoriesNeuroscience & MindScientific Reasoning Tagged , brain, Bruce Greyson, cardiac arrest, Charlotte Martial, coma, dying brain, emergency room, evidence, evolution, evolutionary psychology, explainaway, Galileo Galilei, geocentric cosmology, Kristin French, Marieta Pehlivanova, Mark Johnson, Messiah University, Michael Egnor, Michael Zignarelli, Nautilus, near-death experiences, Netherlands, neuroscience, opossum, optical illusions, possum, Real Clear Science, stereotypical behavior, thanatosis, Venus, Washington Post What’s an Explainaway? Here Is an Example from the Debate on Near-Death Experiences Denyse O’Leary July 24, 2026 Neuroscience & Mind, Scientific Reasoning 5 Explainaways, whether possum tales or optical illusions, exist to protect a system from unwanted evidence by ignoring or dismissing it. Read More ›
