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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)
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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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