Category: Neuroscience
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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
