psychology and neuroscience

Split out from general biology — mind, emotion, perception, and the brain.

value Authenticity›Consciousness

subject How to live›Mind & meaning

created 2026/07/21 modified 2026/09/19

First images of odor reception: reveal a flexible-binding mechanism at work — Quanta Magazine
A new principle lets humans perceive novel and programmable colors — Science
- Commentary from dynomight: "If you're a quitter, I guess you accept the limits of biology... [these authors] chose fun."
- Dynomight also built an app to generate a non-ecological colorspace
Lumenate: an app claiming to induce an "altered state of consciousness" akin to psychedelics — using flashing lights, not chemistry. Filed under Real or Fake?™ — jury's out.
A personality test can't tell you who you are — the caveats of relying too much on categorizations: Myers-Briggs, Enneagram, even horoscopes — Vox
151 optical illusions and how they work
The Food Disgust Index: a quick self-quiz
This could explain many of my directional challenges — BBC
An atlas of emotions — would be cool to create a personalized, expanded version of this
A more nuanced take on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (in this notation, an intJ)
Attempts to integrate smell into VR experiences

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