Sublime

When they were in a group, they took their cues from others, no matter how nonsensical. This experiment was a variant of the conformity tests developed by the psychologist Solomon Asch, which have been replicated over and over in ever-more-ridiculous ways. As Asch discovered, the pressure to conform is so strong that people will ignore the evidence

Single neurons may provide some information, but the overall memory is always encoded by several interconnected groups of neurons.

Ao recompensar um cientista que detecta os erros de outro – uma tarefa que a natureza humana faz com muito mais facilidade do que discernir seus próprios erros – os cientistas como grupo criaram um sistema inato de autocorreção.

Bill cannot think of an activity that turns off more brain cells than tribal affiliation 

Esse foco em meio a um ruído constante indica atenção seletiva, a capacidade neural de mirar em apenas um alvo ao mesmo tempo que ignora um mar atordoante de estímulos chegando,

Contemporary neuroscience identifies a particular part of the brain, sometimes called “the interpreter,” as the source of the familiar internal narrative that gives us our sense of self. Two prominent neuroscientists have recently characterized the quirky, undependable quality of the tale told by the interpreter. Antonio Damasio describes it this w

Even when experts are willing to recognize the role of the mind, they continue to insist that it’s all innate!