Category: 2021
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Financial Mania and Dopamine Loops
How dopamine, social contagion, and gamified technology drove the 2020–2021 retail trading frenzy — and what behavioral science reveals about financial mania. Read More
Written by Khali Sollis
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Isolation and Executive Dysfunction
How prolonged social isolation disrupts executive function — and what neuroscience reveals about the brain’s dependence on social context for motivation, structure, and self-regulation. Read More
Written by Khali Sollis
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Humans Forgot How to Pause Before Acting
Why did so many people stop pausing before reacting? This essay explores the neuroscience, psychology, and social forces behind humanity’s growing impulse control crisis. Read More
Written by Khali Sollis
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The Neurology of Overreaction
Why do people overreact? Explore the neuroscience behind threat responses, cortisol, social media algorithms, and collective dysregulation — and what it reveals about human behavior. Read More
Written by Khali Sollis
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Recklessness as Cognitive Exhaustion
How cognitive exhaustion drives reckless behavior — exploring the neuroscience and psychology of decision fatigue, pandemic behavior, and why mental overload looks like poor choices. Read More
Written by Khali Sollis
