
The Role of Neuroscience in Psychiatry Redux
My response to a critique of a recent post
My response to a critique of a recent post
An influential subset of psychiatrists argue—absurdly—that neuroscience has little clinical relevance
How did an educated, elderly engineer wind up with a heroin habit?
We need to approach the brain as a computational organ, one to be evaluated with measurements and calculations
A proposed new rule says yes, even though many new physicians already have depression and thoughts of suicide
Eighteen-year-old me would have—without a doubt—endorsed Donald Trump’s rhetoric
If you're displaying erratic behavior that seems irrational to others, part of the explanation could be plain old sleep deprivation
A stroke patient, neuroimaging—and Colombian guerrillas—helped settle a decades-long debate on how the brain understands words
An afternoon in a Chinese clinic makes it clear how important a patient's speech can be to making a diagnosis
A visit to China reminds a neuroscientist that no matter how differently different cultures see the world, they process images in the same way
A close brush with jury duty leads a neuroscientist to ponder what happens when the legal concept of guilt runs up against scientific notions of responsibility and free will...
We treat depression by trying different drugs until we find one that works—a highly imprecise approach to treating the most sophisticated of organs, the brain
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