Battle Royale in the Brain
We all know how fear feels. And most of us probably don’t have to think too far back to remember the last time we felt fear. Maybe the boss was acting funny that day and you felt in danger of losing...
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I ended my last post with this quote from intercultural guru Milton Bennett: Intercultural sensitivity is not natural. It is not part of our primate past, nor has it characterized most of human...
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Seeing and Believing, Part 1
“Seeing is believing” is one of our deepest articles of faith. It is, though, faith, and it’s not supported by science. Neuroscientist David Eagleman describes how most of us think of perception:...
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Oliver Sacks has made a brilliant career of introducing readers to people who, because of abnormalities in their brains, perceive “reality” in ways that seem strange to “normal” people. In his book The...
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