Understanding Understanding

I ran across a new app for democracy today and thought it was time to share some of my favorites so far.

This study suggests that readers do mental simulation when they comprehend a story.

Fascinating article about how various brain processes combine to make humans naturally inclined to “supernatural thinking.”

subjects who had reported drinking three to five cups of coffee daily were 65 percent less likely to have developed dementia, compared with those who drank two cups or less.

“a change in hormone levels may alter the way we perceive social cues by altering a system of brain nuclei, common to all vertebrates, called the “‘social behavior network.’”