Psychology & Intimacy Beyond the Lizard Brain: How Neural Wiring Trade-Offs Are Rewriting the Story of Evolution and Inspiring Next-Generation AI September 18, 2026 Rebecca Shoemaker For generations, popular psychology and cultural narratives have framed human decision-making as an eternal tug-of-war between competing internal forces. On one side sits reason, deliberation, and intellectual restraint; on the…
Psychology & Intimacy Unlocking the Brain’s Hidden Wiring: How Superficial White Matter May Safeguard Later-Life Cognition September 14, 2026 Rebecca Shoemaker Scientists at the Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute (Stevens INI), operating within the Keck School of Medicine of USC, have published groundbreaking research revealing that two adjacent…
Psychology & Intimacy A Complete Wiring Map of the Fruit Fly’s Central Nervous System Achieved by International Research Team June 20, 2026 Rebecca Shoemaker In a groundbreaking achievement poised to redefine our understanding of neural computation and behavior, a large international research consortium, spearheaded by leading neuroscientists from Harvard Medical School and Princeton University,…
Psychology & Intimacy The Complete Wiring Diagram of an Adult Fruit Fly’s Central Nervous System Revealed June 13, 2026 Rebecca Shoemaker In a landmark achievement for neuroscience, an international consortium of researchers, spearheaded by teams from Harvard Medical School and Princeton University, has successfully mapped every neural connection within the central…
