Psychology, it’s said, has a long past but a short history. A popular version lists three stages. First, around the turn of ...

A 1980 case study from England depicts a young man with an IQ of 126, excellent performance in his university classes, normal social skills, and basically no brain. Trees can anticipate, cooperate, ...

A World Appears by Michael Pollan: Grasping consciousness proves quite the head trip - ...

Consciousness is what we are most familiar with. Feeling the sun's warmth on our face, the joy of seeing someone we love, or the thrill of being on a rollercoaster—every single experience we ever had, ...