laboratory-mouse-stockpack-adobe-stock-620289441-stockpack-adobestock Type post Author Denyse O’Leary Date September 9, 2025 CategoriesLife SciencesNeuroscience & Mind Tagged , brain, brain activity, brain regions, decision-making, hindbrain, human thinking, Live Science, Matteo Carandini, midbrain, motor regions, mouse study, muscle responses, neurons, pop psychology, processing, R. J. Mackenzie, textbooks, visual cortex Even in Mice, Decision-Making Is More Complex than We Thought Denyse O’Leary September 9, 2025 Life Sciences, Neuroscience & Mind 3 If it’s this complex in mice, what are we to make of simplistic representations of human thinking in pop psychology textbooks? Read More ›
tired Type post Author Denyse O’Leary Date August 18, 2025 CategoriesEvolutionScientific Reasoning Tagged , cattle, coyote, evolution, existential problems, fairy tale, food, human life, human mind, Imperfection (book), irrationality, logic, luck, materialism, Nautilus, pop psychology, rationality, reproduction, Serendipity (book), survival of the fittest, Telmo Pievani, Templeton Foundation, threats Materialism Is Sounding Super Tired Lately Denyse O’Leary August 18, 2025 Evolution, Scientific Reasoning 6 This sort of cross between a fairy tale and pop psychology helps pop science readers pass the time while listening to the latest announcement of a flight delay. Read More ›
robina-weermeijer-3KGF9R_0oHs-unsplash Type post Date August 1, 2024 CategoriesMedicineNeuroscience & Mind Tagged , adults, brain, children, Denyse O'Leary, epilepsy, human brain, Michael Egnor, neuroscience, pop psychology, stroke, The Immortal Mind Do We Need the Right Half of the Brain? Science and Culture August 1, 2024 Medicine, Neuroscience & Mind 5 A 29-year-old woman, CB, with no neurological or psychiatric history had a stroke, possibly due to medication issues. Read More ›
physics Type post Date October 23, 2022 CategoriesPhysical SciencesPhysicsScience Tagged , A Philosopher Looks at Science, Cambridge University Press, general relativity, metric tensor, Nancy Cartwright, pop psychology, Protestant Reformation, social psychology, Texas, University of Durham Can Physics Account for Our Whole Reality? Science and Culture October 23, 2022 Physical Sciences, Physics, Science 4 Mathematician turned philosopher Nancy Cartwright says no; reality is ultimately too complex for that. Read More ›
