Does Drug Use Lead to Addiction, or Are Some Brains More Prone To Use Drugs?
Researchers argue that "we may need to reevaluate the causal assumptions that underlie brain disease models of addiction."
Neuroscience
The Most Controversial Paper in the History of Psychedelic Research May Never See the Light of Day
Researchers gave psilocybin to two dozen religious clergy. Was it guided by science, religion, or some awkward combination?
The DEA Wants To Ban Scientifically 'Crucial' Psychedelics Because People Might Use Them
The agency claims DOI and DOC have "a high potential for abuse" because they resemble other drugs it has placed in Schedule I.
Should You Be Able To Take an Alzheimer's Test at Home?
Plus, an AI-generated version of the same article
Who Owns Your Brain Data?
Nita A. Farahany's The Battle for Your Brain shows how neurotech can help, or hurt, human liberty.
The Lazy Stoner Trope Is a Myth, Say Marijuana Researchers
Plus: giving migrants false addresses, regulating podcasts, and more...
Scott Barry Kaufman on Narcissists and Libertarians
The author of the new book Transcend updates Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of needs for an era of pandemics, racial strife, and extreme polarization.
Stossel: The Science Around Male Brains vs. Female Brains
It's politically correct to say men and women are mentally the same, but Stossel lays out science that says otherwise.
Don't Count on Americans Hating Each Other Any Less Post-Midterms
Baffled by and fearful of each other, the political tribes remain consumed by loathing and dedicated to total victory.
How To Talk to People Who Think You're Evil and/or Insane: Podcast
A special all-female edition of the Reason Podcast
Dr. Helen Fisher on How Brain Chemistry Determines Personality and Politics
Is the libertarian mind a product of elevated dopamine and testosterone?
Are Brain Implants to Control Moods Ethical?
If neuropharmaceuticals are ethical, so are machine-brain interface technologies.
The Futility of Looking for Mass Murder in Stephen Paddock's Brain
The reasons for the Las Vegas massacre cannot be found in the perpetrator's tissue or in the DSM.
Bad Science Behind Campus-Rape Guidance Echoes '80s Trauma Myths
The "neurobiology of trauma" on campus is based more on social-justice goals than science. We've been here before.
A Bold New Plan to Help Addicts and End the Drug War
"Addiction rewires your brain like falling in love does," says Maia Szalavitz, author of "Unbroken Brain."
Brain Games' Jason Silva Explains Why Robots Won't Destroy the Human Race
Sex, drugs, God, and a hit TV show. Are there any limits to the techno-optimism of television's favorite "wonder junkie"?
Biomedical Study Reproducibility Scandalously Bad, Evidence for "Free Will," and Robot Rebellion by 2055
A scitech research and policy round up for January 5, 2016
Drunken Recklessness May Be Genetic
A "relatively common" genetic mutation may trigger poor impulse control, especially when drinking.
Big Fun at Transhumanist Summer Camp
Neurotracking, video games, laughing rats, brainwave sniper training, robot love, and a "pernicious libertarian"
Hacking the Programs in Your Mind: Interview with Evolutionary Psychologists Leda Cosmides & John Tooby
By unlocking mechanisms that evolved in the brain, they've halted implicit racial bias and found the first female advantage in spatial cognition.
This Is Your Brain on Drugs. Maybe.
Colorado's new anti-pot ads exaggerate the threat that marijuana poses to teenagers.
Addicted to Brain Scans
The debate about sex addiction reflects a larger cultural confusion.
Government Says You Can't Overcome Addiction, Contrary to What Government Research Shows
Why does the National Institute on Drug Abuse contradict its own research?
Scientists Regrow Severed Spinal Cords in Rats
Could someday help humans do the same
New Study Shows Creativity is Often Part of Mental Illness
Writers are especially susceptible
The Cloud Over Football
Because modern players are bigger and faster, they may be inflicting even worse brain damage on each other.
In Search of Free Will and Moral Responsibility
A review of Who's In Charge: Free Will and the Science of the Brain
Steven Pinker on The Decline of Violence & "The Better Angels of Our Nature"
Why peace and prosperity are triumphing over death and destruction
A Trick of the Mind
Looking for patterns in life and then infusing them with meaning, from alien intervention to federal conspiracy.
