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Neuroscientists are ignoring the differences between males and females

13 July 2021

Top neuroscience research papers are eight times more likely to only study male participants or samples compared with female-only studies, a review has found

Unique review: A fascinating look at the science of individuality

9 December 2020

Understanding how individual we all are means grappling with genetics and neuroscience. Unique: The new science of human individuality by David Linden is a great place to start

Don't miss: War in Westworld, the power of sight and unearthly audio

4 March 2020

This week, watch as Westworld breaks out of the park and into LA, discover why vision is so important and listen as a drama exploits the weirdness of sound

Who do you think you are? Why your sense of self is an illusion

11 December 2019

Most of us are convinced that we're coherent individuals who are continuous in time. There's just one problem with this sense of self – it can’t exist

Science's fake news problem: How funding pressures drive bad research

4 December 2019

A productivity-driven funding culture has allowed sloppy science to flourish – but now some researchers are fighting back, says Clare Wilson

Who are we? A conversation between Buddhism and neuroscience

2 December 2019

Can ancient views about the mind be reconciled with modern neuroscience? Buddhist monk Gelong Thubten and neuroscientist Ash Ranpura discuss

The Neuroscience of Emotion: time to take our emotions very seriously

22 August 2018

Is non-conscious emotion possible, in animals, humans, even robots? This is just one fascinating thought experiment in an authoritative new book on emotions

Dopamine levels in our brains affect the risks we’re happy to take

13 July 2018

The first brain-scanning study to track activity in the brain's decision-making centres during gambling shows fluctuations in dopamine levels affect risk-taking