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The Voices in Our Head – How Can We Tell They’re Ours?

January 12, 2018

As you read this sentence you probably hear the words articulated in your mind. You likely hear that same voice as you decide what to order at Chipotle or silently play out a future social interaction. This phenomenon is known as inner speech and it is estimated that we spend about a quarter of our […]

Lisa Learman ⋅ Perspectives in Research neurology, psychiatric illness, Schizophrenia ⋅

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What Does Dopamine Really Do?

January 2, 2018

You’ve probably heard of dopamine before. Dopamine is a neurotransmitter—a chemical in the brain responsible for conveying information from one cell to another. It has made quite a name for itself because all of our favorite things—eating delicious food, seeing the person you love, hearing a good song come on, getting a gift, winning a […]

David Ottenheimer ⋅ Perspectives in Research psychiatric illness, psycho-therapy ⋅

Modern Neuroscience has the tools to treat psychiatric illness

June 8, 2016

The following submission is the first place winner of The Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation 2016 essay contest. You can read the original posting here.  Modern medicine has worked miracles: we have cured infectious diseases with vaccines, replaced failing organs with transplants, converted many cancers from death sentences into treatable conditions. But one area has […]

David Ottenheimer ⋅ Honor Roll, Perspectives in Research mental health, Neuroscience, psychiatric illness ⋅

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