The Neuroscience of Storytelling Part 4: The Climax
The climax of a story is the most important part. It’s the part where everything comes together. The various subplots...
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The Neuroscience of Storytelling Part 3: The Rising Action
The rising action of a story depicts the events leading up to the climax of the story. It sets up...
The Neuroscience of Storytelling Part 2: The Visualization
In my previous blog about this topic, I touched on visualization being a key aspect in storytelling, but what is...
The Neuroscience of Storytelling Part 1: The Connections
What happens when you read a great book, or watch an amazing movie? You remember it for a very long...
Optical Illusions Part 2
Introduction:Optical Illusions are very interesting in how they trick your eyes. In a previous blog, it was shown how colors...
Optical Illusions Part 1: Color Illusions
Have you ever had someone you know show you a cool website that has an optical illusion, and you just...
How Reward Systems Work in the Brain Part 2: Possible Conditions from Imbalanced Levels of Dopamine
Dopamine is a key neurotransmitter and part of the brain’s “reward system” circuitry that allows us to strive for things...
How Reward Systems Work in the Brain Part 1: Dopamine
Dopamine is often misunderstood. It is thought to have terrible consequences. On the contrary, dopamine is crucial to our daily...
How Cognitive Science Helps us Understand Critical Decision Making
If a zebra spotted a lion in the distance, could it stay just a little while longer to eat more...
The Tuneful History of Music
Music is one of the few forms of communication that transcends language barriers. All across the world, from the constant...
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