Scientists Have Found the First Branch on the Tree of Life
In chapter two, we trace the beginnings of the Animal Kingdom in a Tree of Life. Almost all animals on earth derive from a single branch...
Heroes have bigger amygdalae!
Sixty Minutes had an interesting story last night about researchers who used fMRI techniques to measure brain activity of people who...
Takete/ulumoo, bouba/kiki effect
Special thanks to Katie Zhang for sharing this Wikipedia link that traces the origin of this effect to Wolfgang Köhler in 1929. Here's...
Fear memories permanently stored in the prefrontal cortex
The amygdala is one of the oldest organs in the animal kingdom and it has a lot to do with analyzing and processing fear stimulants. But...