Issue 21 Out on a Limb: Phantom Limb Syndrome In September 1863, George Dedlow awoke in an army hospital tent [1]. As he regained his bearings, he felt a sharp cramp in his left leg. Dedlow tried to reach to rub it but was still too weak to move. Instead, he called for an attendant.
Issue 21 Eau de Pheromone It isn’t uncommon to see marketing for fragrances and deodorants that do not show the product or its features.
Issue 20 Criminal Minded To most, the act of killing another human is unthinkable. And yet, for the victims of the thousands of homicides and millions of violent assaults that occur every year, this criminal behavior is all too real. But what would motivate someone to commit such vicious acts of harm?
Issue 20 That's Cringe: The Neuroscience Behind Embarrassment Have you ever been on the brink of sleep when you get hit with a memory of something embarrassing that you did in the past? Maybe even just remembering the moment makes you cringe and fully wake up.
Issue 19 Harnessing the Power of Sleep Many college students discount the importance of sleep; whether it is to stay up cramming for a test, or to play a new game that was just released, students simply
Issue 19 Mental Mechanics: How Humans Reason Through a Physical World Picture yourself sitting in a coffee shop. When the barista sets a drink down on the counter, you probably don’t expect the drink to fall through the counter’s surface or bounce off the counter into the air.
Issue 18 Livin’ the Dream For most of us, dreaming is a normal and unremarkable facet of life. But, what if this didn’t have to be the case? What if instead of waking up
Issue 18 Locating Loneliness A lone person stands amid a bustling crowd of familiar faces. A glance around at the wide, inviting smiles on the faces of their family and friends should spark the
Issue 18 Misophonia: Symptom or Disorder? A coworker slurps chicken-noodle soup. A classmate refuses to stop coughing. A friend gulps down their coffee as if it were the last cup on earth. Many people find these
Issue 18 Great Minds Built Alike Giftedness. The term itself carries a sense of ambiguity, as the potential of human ability and the depth of biological, social, psychological, and physical effects of what we call “giftedness”
Issue 17 Masochism Sub-Saharan African tribes use scarification as a rite of passage for milestones such as transitioning into adulthood [1]. Along with scarification, many cultures around the world incorporate pain into deeply
Issue 16 Stand Up For Your Brain To sit or to stand—a debate many rarely think about due to the prominence of sedentary lifestyles. Many of our daily activities involve sitting, such as being in front of a computer for hours or attending lectures.
Issue 16 Eye Opening Epilepsy Epilepsies include a variety of disorders, characterized primarily by a disturbance in neuronal activity known as a seizure.
Issue 16 Changing Focus: ADHD in Women Picture a twelve-year-old girl. She’s always losing her homework. Whenever she starts a project she ends up with a half-cleaned room, an almost-done math assignment, only the first part
Issue 16 Express Before You Test Anyone who has written an essay for a class knows that writing is a difficult yet necessary task. From grocery lists to PhD dissertations, writing is a vital method of
Issue 15 Models of Memory Imagine waking up one day without any memory. You can probably picture yourself in a state of extreme confusion, not knowing who you are, where you are, or how you
Issue 15 Motor Conversion Disorder Motor conversion disorder is a subset of conversion disorder, which is one of the most common psychiatric diagnoses in neurology; it accounts for at least four percent of all general
Issue 15 How the Brain Learns Addiction A quick Google search for “addiction” gives over 800 million results in less than a second. This vast cyberspace includes hotline numbers, treatment facilities, and heartbreaking statistics. According to the
Issue 15 Like, Comment, Subscribe The boom of the digital age and social media revolution has been a significant phenomenon in human history. As digital communication continues to become more ubiquitous, social media networks are
Issue 14 Understanding Schizophrenia Schizophrenia is a chronic neuropsychiatric disorder that can begin in late adolescence and early adulthood with an array of severe symptoms, including hallucinations and delusions. When left untreated, these symptoms
Issue 14 Insomnia: Why Students Are Sleeping in Class It’s no secret that college students struggle to get sleep. Between juggling midterms, homework, and 8:30 a.m. classes, it isn’t just a stereotype that students are
Issue 14 Up and Running While not everyone participates in endurance sports, anyone can reap the benefits of exercise. A variety of studies show that participation in both aerobic and non-aerobic exercise for as little
Issue 14 Speak Your Mind Inner speech, also known as verbal thinking or inner voice, is a common daily experience believed to be significant in the retention of short-term memory, development, self-awareness, and cognitive thought.
Cover Article In Your Dreams: Insights from Dream Research Why Do We Dream? Dreams have held cultural and religious significance throughout history, and in some cases, they have influenced history or culture themselves. James Watson, who won the Nobel
Issue 13 Open Your Mind: Understanding Implicit Bias Although society has progressed toward equality, discrimination continues to play a role in the daily lives of minorities. At the time of the last census, non-white minorities comprised about one-fourth