In this three-part series, I wanted to reflect on the relationship between the erosion of our discourse on the Common Good and our most...

To distract my toddler one morning when my wife was trying to get him into the car, I picked up the cardboard container from some wine...

“So… what do you do?” When we ask this question, we are often asking what someone “does for a living,” but it means so much more than...

There is a real paradox in intimate relationships. No one wants to be alone, but for someone to be really with you, especially to be a...

Consistent with the overall theme of Neuromythology, I am including an interpretation of the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. The myth can...

Parental Advisory: Explicit Content One of the truths about our neurophysiology is habituation, feeling less and less with repetition of...

One of the problems with exploring the neuroscience behind any kind of human experience is the fear that doing so is reductive, and turns...

We use the phrase “you’re breaking up” too often these days to simply mean (or occasionally just pretend) that an electronic signal...

One of my favorite Greek myths is that of Eros and Psyche. Eros was a god, the son of Aphrodite. He is a handsome young man, not the...