Everyday Neuroscience

Limerence

Are Frontal Lobe Breakups Real?

Tom Bellamy, Ph.D. on February 19, 2026

Especially for twentysomethings, romantic love is shaped by a challenging tangle of anatomical development and learned experience.

Especially for twentysomethings, romantic love is shaped by a challenging tangle of anatomical development and learned experience.

Limerence

Does Limerence Lead to Stalking?

Tom Bellamy, Ph.D. on November 21, 2025

Can the obsessive thoughts of limerence lead to the boundary-breaching of stalking behavior, or are the underlying drives distinct?

Can the obsessive thoughts of limerence lead to the boundary-breaching of stalking behavior, or are the underlying drives distinct?

Politics

Making Sense of the Acetaminophen and Autism Controversy

Tom Bellamy, Ph.D. on September 29, 2025

How communication style affects the credibility of trusted institutions.

How communication style affects the credibility of trusted institutions.

Left Brain - Right Brain

Are You Left-Brained or Right-Brained?

Tom Bellamy, Ph.D. on August 26, 2025

Unlike being left- or right-handed, asymmetries in the brain are much more varied, changeable, and subtle than the left-brain/right-brain concept suggests.

Unlike being left- or right-handed, asymmetries in the brain are much more varied, changeable, and subtle than the left-brain/right-brain concept suggests.

Addiction

Addicted to Addiction

Tom Bellamy, Ph.D. on July 10, 2025

When so many behaviours get called addictions, what does the term really mean?

When so many behaviours get called addictions, what does the term really mean?

Oxytocin

When the Love Hormone Is Not So Cuddly

Tom Bellamy, Ph.D. on June 11, 2025

Hopes for the use of oxytocin as a therapy for mood and attachment disorders have been confounded by the wide-ranging effects on social behavior revealed by human studies.

Hopes for the use of oxytocin as a therapy for mood and attachment disorders have been confounded by the wide-ranging effects on social behavior revealed by human studies.

SSRIs

The Controversy Over Antidepressants

Tom Bellamy, Ph.D. on May 12, 2025

Rejecting an overly simplistic hypothesis is not grounds for dismissing an effective treatment.

Rejecting an overly simplistic hypothesis is not grounds for dismissing an effective treatment.

Neuroscience

The Curious Case of the "Love Molecule"

Tom Bellamy, Ph.D. on April 7, 2025

Love, chocolate, and amphetamines. A combination that proved too good to be true.

Love, chocolate, and amphetamines. A combination that proved too good to be true.

Dopamine

Why Do We Want Things We Don’t Like?

Tom Bellamy, Ph.D. on March 3, 2025

We sometimes crave things that don't even make us feel good. The neuroscience of "wanting" and "liking" can help explain why.

We sometimes crave things that don't even make us feel good. The neuroscience of "wanting" and "liking" can help explain why.