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Beyond Magic Bullets: Alzheimer’s Needs the Right Cocktail and Timing
Modest GLP-1 signals, negative phase 3s, and amyloid drugs all point toward combination therapy. Trigger warning for antivaxxers: an Alzheimer's…
Jan 17 • Shane O'Mara
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Sins of Memory
Jul 5, 2022 • Shane O'Mara
'Just put your phone away'
Jan 16, 2024 • Shane O'Mara
Aerobic exercise is good for the brain
Nov 21, 2023 • Shane O'Mara
Where is my memory?
Aug 23, 2023 • Shane O'Mara

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Two books, one theme: the modern state versus the lone operator
a paired review of a classic thriller and a monumental political biography.
Dec 23, 2025 • Shane O'Mara
five (surprising) ideas from cognitive and social neuroscience
being idle; social pain ?= physical pain; social GPS; synchrony; unstable memories (and some bonus Alzheimer's treatment news on the way)
Dec 3, 2025 • Shane O'Mara
Five years here: post #250!
disasters, successes, and more
Nov 27, 2025 • Shane O'Mara
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Explore the mysteries of your brain and the magic of life by Shane O'Mara, Substack Featured Writer, best-selling author, and Professor of Experimental Brain Research. Book: Talking Heads - The New Science of How Conversation Shapes Our Worlds
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