Do religious experiences come from God, or are they merely the random firing of neurons in the brain? Drawing on his own research with Carmelite nuns, neuroscientist Mario Beauregard shows that genuine, life-changing spiritual events can be documented. He offers compelling evidence that religious experiences have a nonmaterial origin, making a convincing case for what many in scientific fields are loath to consider...

How can humans be so compassionate and altruistic -- and also so brutal and violent? To understand why we do what we do give this episode a listen!

Scientists in fields ranging from anthropology to neuroscience have been asking this same question for decades. It turns out the science behind love is both simpler and more complex than we might think. Join me on this episode for a glimpse into the emotional matrix of love. 

This book takes us to the frontlines of research many from Dr David Sinclair’s own lab at Harvard—that demonstrate how we can slow down, or even reverse, ageing. The key is activating newly discovered vitality genes, the descendants of an ancient genetic survival circuit that is both the cause of ageing and the key to reversing it.

I am glad to see another piece of literature that delineates how intricately the mind and body are woven together. However, I found that as I was reading, I was asking several questions such as: how many people do NOT have some sort of attachment dysfunction or trauma or mini traumas that impact them growing up? Are we too easily lumping people into types who have the disease because the pool is quite vast? Here is my bitsesize review of the book.. 

David Eagleman offers startling lessons in neuroscience. His new book, Incognito, asks us to cast off our lazy, commonplace assumptions. In one, he delineates, with remorseless logic and clarity, he reveals the tricks our brain plays on us.

We are all slaves to self-consciousness, impostor syndrome, pessimism, anxiety over issues beyond our control, stultifying routines, domineering characters in our lives, and even our social media personas. None but ourselves can free our minds. How so? Join me on this episode to discover just exactly how you can do that.

How does the brain give rise to complex emotional states like depression, anxiety or loneliness? Learn how new discoveries could change the way you think about your mind -- and possibly uncover effective treatments for mental disorders.