Mind Blender

Slicing and dicing across neuroscience, tech, and medicine

Eric Leuthardt M.D.

How to Find the Truth in Our "Fake News" World

Is there any hope for objectivity in the era of "fake news"? Probably.

A Case for Neural Augmentation

In an era when information is expanding exponentially, we may have to modify our brains to keep up.

The Modern Shrinking of Attention Leads to Social Rancor

Why is the world becoming so polarized?

Why We’re Not Seeing Aliens

Why are we not seeing alien life when there are billions of habitable planets?

The Changing Self

Do my material possessions change me? Well, yes.

The Evolution of Faith

I have told a wide variety of men and women that they have a diagnosis that is going to take their life. What they do after that, however, varies quite a bit.

The Neuroscience of War

Why we avoid personal conflict, but go to war.

The Backward Brain

How the brain keeps us who we are and how experience changes it.

Why Forgetting the Past Can Be a Good Thing

Sometimes forgetting is a good thing.

Why Is the World Changing So Fast?

The speed of change. The future is now.