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Warped perceptions: recent brain scan explorations of how racial and gender stereotypes affect vision.

https://theneurosphere.com/…/warped-perceptions-recent-bra…/

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Do dogs only ever pay attention to the tone we use when speaking to them, or is there more to it? I discuss the fresh, and surprising, evidence in the British Psychological Society Research Digest.

By guest blogger Sofia Deleniv Imagine if we could capture the words of an angry dog owner holding a chewed-up shoe – “How could you? You terrible dog!” – and digitally alter the …
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Did you know that your parents' genes seem to compete inside you?

Check out "The genetic battle of the sexes", my article in this month's issue of The Psychologist, a magazine published by the British Psychological Society. Would love to hear your thoughts!

https://thepsychologist.bps.org.uk/…/o…/genetic-battle-sexes

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Some basic neurobiology behind the visual illusion that is 'here to break the internet'. How many dots can your brain see?

https://theneurosphere.com/…/the-basic-neurobiology-behind…/

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Jogging down memory lane: how our brains remember special places. Fresh post on The Neurosphere!

https://theneurosphere.com/…/jogging-down-memory-lane-how-…/

* The person behind this article and its illustrations is Lev Tankelevitch, a current Neuroscience PhD student at Oxford University who is really excited about science communication. Scientific stu…
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Recent insights into the biology and genetics of 'addictive personalities'. Fresh post on The Neurosphere!

https://theneurosphere.com/…/the-scientific-reality-of-the…/

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Recently published evidence indicates that when we are coerced, our brains might actually behave more as if our action had literally been made for us by someone else than as if it was our own...

My latest piece for digital magazine PrimeMind.

Should neuroscientific evidence enter the courtroom?

n the Nuremberg Trials of 1945 and 1946, some of the most high-ranking members of the military and political leadership of Nazi Germany were tried for war crimes…
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* Scientific study references that back up my points can be clicked on in the text to open the original reports in a separate tab. They can also be found at the bottom of the article.Many of us hav…
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The darker side of oxytocin - the brain's mythical 'moral molecule'

https://primemind.com/the-dark-side-of-oxytocin-fb0d0124f61…

Research shows the brain chemical known to create bonding also produces hostility of the “other”
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* Scientific study references are indicated in (). These can be found at the bottom of the article, and can be clicked on to open the original reports in a separate tab. The question of whether we …
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Mind wide open - machine learning can use brain activity to reveal motives behind people's altruism.

Guest post for the British Psychological Society research digest! http://digest.bps.org.uk/…/mind-wide-open-brain-activity-re…

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My recent guest article for neuroscience education site Knowing Neurons.

Why does dopamine make people more impulsive? And what does this have to do with psychopaths and Parkinson's disease patients?

http://knowingneurons.com/…/dopamine-makes-people-impulsive/

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New post on The Neurosphere: Have we been wrong about bird brains? A critical look at the evidence that birds can 'read' minds. http://theneurosphere.com/…/intelligent-birds-what-does-th…/

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