🪷 This Is Your Brain on Minimalism

What the latest neuroscience says about our love of minimalist aesthetics

Dec 17 • Erman Misirlisoy, PhD

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🌊 How Meditation Cleans Your Brain

New research uncovers how focused attention changes the movement of cerebrospinal fluid

Dec 10 • Erman Misirlisoy, PhD

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🫀 How Do You Know Your Body Belongs to You?

New research reveals how stroke can distort limb ownership—and how the brain infers what belongs to “me”

Dec 3 • Erman Misirlisoy, PhD

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November 2025

❌ The Two Paths to Self-Control

Why resisting temptation isn’t always about suppressing impulses

Nov 12 • Erman Misirlisoy, PhD

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October 2025

🪢 Are You Being Fooled by the Conjunction Fallacy?

A scientific search for why people are vulnerable to a classic reasoning error

Oct 29 • Erman Misirlisoy, PhD

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🧠 How Open Minds Make Better Thinkers

New research shows that the best critical thinkers are the people who are most aware of their intellectual limits

Oct 22 • Erman Misirlisoy, PhD

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👁️ Why We Should All Embrace Slow-Looking

New research shows that slower processing and extended engagement produce more beauty and compassion in life

Oct 7 • Erman Misirlisoy, PhD

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September 2025

🛡️ How Grit Shields You Against Frustration

New research shows that gritty people experience less physiological stress during challenges and failures

Sep 30 • Erman Misirlisoy, PhD

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🎼 Creativity: A Key to Healthy Aging?

New research suggests staying creative may help people preserve the flexibility of their semantic memory

Sep 23 • Erman Misirlisoy, PhD

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🚀 Why Big Leaps Spark Big Ideas

New research reveals that the hallmark of the "aha!" moment is mental exploration that travels farther than usual

Sep 16 • Erman Misirlisoy, PhD

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🧟‍♂️ The Inescapable Curse of Overconfidence

New research shows that we overestimate our abilities even when we should know better

Sep 9 • Erman Misirlisoy, PhD

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August 2025

🔻 The Power of Doing Less, Not More

How hidden biases in our to-do lists may be hindering mental well-being

Aug 26 • Erman Misirlisoy, PhD

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