Category: 2010
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Habit Circuitry
How the basal ganglia turn repeated actions into automatic habits, and why Ann Graybiel’s research still shapes how we understand routines and rituals. Read More
Written by Khali Sollis
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Predictive Processing: How a 2010 Paper Reimagined the Brain as a Guessing Machine
How a 2010 paper by Karl Friston reframed the brain as a prediction machine, and what predictive processing reveals about perception today. Read More
Written by Khali Sollis
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Adult Neuroplasticity: What London’s Taxi Drivers Taught Us About the Changing Brain
How London taxi drivers’ brains changed with experience, and what their famous hippocampus study reveals about adult neuroplasticity. Read More
Written by Khali Sollis
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How Stress Impairs Executive Function: The Neuroscience of the Prefrontal Cortex
How stress hormones disrupt the prefrontal cortex, impairing memory, decision-making, and self-control, and why chronic stress can reshape the brain itself. Read More
Written by Khali Sollis
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Mirror Neuron Debates: How a Small Set of Monkey Brain Cells Became a Battleground for Understanding the Human Mind
How a landmark 2009 critique by Gregory Hickok challenged mirror neuron theory and reshaped scientific understanding of empathy and social cognition. Read More
Written by Khali Sollis
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The Social Brain Meets the Internet
How the brain, built for face-to-face contact, adapts to digital social life, from emotional contagion research to reward, comparison, and adolescence. Read More
Written by Khali Sollis
