How dopamine drives brain activity
New research from MIT about how dopamine works in the brain provides more detailed insight into the pathways we discuss in chapter 9:...
Duke scientists may have just discovered a way to ‘switch off’ pain in your body
Scientists have discovered that they can completely shut down pain by targeting an area in our old friend the amygdala. If music...
Brain's 'updating mechanisms' may create false memories
This research should not be surprising, as its conclusion follows directly from some of the research on how memory works discussed in...
Beats May Be Bunk?
In chapter 8 we discuss the concept of beat frequencies, and their involvement in consonance and dissonance perception. There have been a...