Psychological Science & Research Insights
Don’t worry; this is not another “Don’t do drugs. Drugs are bad.” kind of an article; this is just me writing about how I am …
Read moreHow drugs alter our brain: Effects on brain chemistry
Earworms are those bits of songs that crawl through your mind and find a home in the middle of nowhere and everywhere. You know you …
Read moreMusical Earworms: Why songs stick in the head & how to dispel them
We see memory as something inside the brain – our ability to remember and know things. However, there is a lot more to memory than …
Read moreThe Google Effect & Transactive Memory: We remember Where data is more than What it is!
There is ample anecdotal evidence that shows listening to a fun lecture or lesson is great for learning. It’s intuitive. Having fun & interactive learning …
Evolution necessitates economical and reliable brain mechanisms in some environmental contexts. These mechanisms emerge as a response to patterns in the environment or enable us …
Read moreWhy Did Humans Evolve Pattern Recognition Abilities?
After a series of long & detailed posts, let me share something fun and amusing. Let’s look at 3 amazingly surprising and interesting quirks of …
Read more3 Stupidly Useless, Pointless & Amazing Facts About the Human Brain
I won’t tell you what you can do today to learn better or be smarter, but I will tell you what the brain does for …
It might seem that we have an answer, but science is far from it. Let’s first look at how we can address this question. In …
Read moreIn What Form Is Memory Stored In The Brain & Mind? An Introduction
There is one thing that baffles me. It is the idea of time. We are going to talk about Time Perception or how the brain experiences …
Read moreTime Perception: What exactly is time for the human brain?
Let us look at the state and level of two neurochemicals called serotonin and dopamine in a depressed person’s brain. A small background and context: …
Read moreUnderstanding the level of Serotonin and Dopamine in a depressed person’s brain
I love science fiction. All kinds. The B-grade kind, the kind which has a higher budget for a famous actor than for a thorough script, …
Read moreWhy is extrasensory perception (ESP) and telekinesis not possible?
Short answer: YES.Long answer: Probably YES on most occasions as far as we know from laboratory experiments. (I am saying ‘Probably Yes’ because not enough …
Read moreAre New Neural Connections Formed When We Learn? Neuroplasticity & Neurogenesis