Society Brains
Society brains brings you themes that have broad relevance to society and how we live together.
This connects, in our unique way, neuroscience & behavioural science on topics that impact our collective views and decision-making.
Do Men and Women Have Different Brains?
We probably all believe, to some degree, that men’s and women’s brains differ. But the research is contradictory, and a major review last year found no significant differences – going against most people’s gut feeling and general observations. But some more recent research points to what the differences might actually be.
How Poverty Messes Up Babies’ Brains
The Dramatic Impact of Poverty in Newborns Brains Reading time: about 5 minutes o, does being poor impact your brain,...
Two Hopeless Little Girls Abandoned to a Mental Institution — With Astounding Results
An Astounding and Underated Story of Brain Development Reading time: about 7 minutes he story goes that Harold M....
SCOAP An Introduction
A comprehensive theory of human motivation, behaviour, and well-being What is SCOAP? SCOAP is a complete model of human motivation,...
The Newly Discovered Bias That Makes Us Think We Are More Diverse Than We Are
A few weeks ago I reported on some newly discovered ways we are biased namely that we consider generic terms such as “people” as...
Putin’s Brain
Exploring the brain of Putin - and other psychopaths There has been a lot written about Putin and Russia over recent days and weeks. Many...
The Brain in Love
Exploring the brain in love Reading time: about 16 minutesLove is everywhere: in films, books, stories, sagas, myths, not to mention in...
Ageing Well
Who wouldn’t want to age well and stay active and healthy well into old age? The science shows us how, and there was plenty of research in...
Fear and Politics
Fear is a powerful primitive emotion – and no surprise that it is used in politics Fear is a powerful tool and rational and irrational...
Collective Learning
How collective memories form group identity and bonding There are some things that everyone knows within a certain culture or group of...
Behavioural Change or Not
Parts of the brain that enable us to change or not Behavioural change is a fascinating topic and one that attracts a lot of attention for...
In-Groups and Out-Groups
How we split the world into us and them Society is full of different groups of people, and we identify and belong to many of these groups....
Are our Brains Wired for a Virtual World?
How our brain’s wiring shows us what we’re made for Reading time: about 12 minutesThe brain is built in predictable ways, and this is to...
Virtual Learning
When we talk of healthy brains we automatically think of things like exercise and nutrition that I have covered at times here. But the thing we put into the brain most is oxygen. So, let’s have a quick look at how the air we breathe impacts brain performance.
Negativity Bias
Is the world really such a bad place? Reading time: about 7 minutesReading a newspaper can be pretty depressing experience and indeed one...
Conspiracy Brains
Are the Brains of Conspiracy Theorists Wired Differently – or is it Just Exaggerated Natural Mechanisms at Work Reading time: about 20...
Shoot the Messenger
Why people are responding the way they are Reading time: about 7 minutes Emotions are running high – more infectious variants of covid...
Take a Walk on the Wild Side
Healthy BrainsArticles focusing on various aspects of healthy brainsReading time: about 6 minutesWalking has been shown to be one of the...
The Third Wave – Mental Health
Reading time: about 7 minutes The second wave was predicted by the experts – and so far the pandemic has played out pretty much as the...