The New Brain

How your brain—and our understanding of it—are constantly changing.

by R. Douglas Fields

Eat Your Guts Out: Why Envy Hurts and Why It's Good for Your Brain

By R. Douglas Fields on September 12, 2011 in The New Brain

If envy is so bad, why does it persist in human behavior? Read More

I understand how "fixating on

Submitted by Kasha on October 4, 2011 - 7:13am.

I understand how "fixating on the perceived advantage of another person, one might better learn and remember how to achieve the same outcome". So I'm curious whether or not the research including switching participants' attention from the said objects of fixating to the fictitious interviewees in the test? Sorry, I don't have access to that articles. Thank you.

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This seems a lot like an

Submitted by Anonymous on December 2, 2011 - 2:45am.

This seems a lot like an evolutionary psychology type of view. Do you, Dr. Fields, endorse that view in general or is there some other paradigm that fits better?

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R. Douglas Fields, Ph.D., is the Chief of the Nervous System Development and Plasticity Section at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and the author of The Other Brain.

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