Despite the fact that we live every waking moment through a single perspective, made up of our sensory system and integrative information processing capacities, few of us ever question the inner workings

How can physics teach us something about the nature of our consciousness? Our conscious experience exists as an interpreter, filter, and acting agent when interacting with the physical world. While it

In this post I will explore the ways in which we can reliably course correct our deleterious behavior through examination of our own consciousness. There is extraordinary power in becoming cognizant of

Ever since the early years of philosophy and psychology, people have pondered what memories actually are. We know that they involve information from our past, but there are a plethora of questions one

This tiny island has no running water or electricity besides lights and fridge. My family packs onto this island in the summers to camp, kayak, and enjoy the wildlife. Link to original Reddit post

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Quite possibly the most picture perfect beach I have been to. A common wedding ceremony location and local secret, this beach was shown to me by a Maui resident on my recent backpacking trip through

This is one of the most beautiful places that I have been. While being a common touristy location, and over-photographed, the overnight hike is one unlike any other. I snapped this while on a morning run

Why Identity Politics is Eroding Public Discourse and Stifling Progress: Part 1 I would like to open a discussion about identity politics, explain why I think it is extremely harmful towards making social

Hello Steemit community! I have only just become aware of this platform, and am largely ignorant of the technical details. Despite some of the issues that I have recently discovered with whales and proper

Place-Specific Memory Engram Cells: Recovery from Place-Specific Retrograde Amnesia Lehigh University Bios 385 with Julie Haas Nicholas Gans 12/20/17 Abstract: Recent studies have made large steps in our

Neurons Take the Path More Traveled Nicholas Gans 12/12/2016 As humans, we experience life linearly through time, physically living only in the moment. We have the capacity, however, to remember the past,

Psychological Trauma can be debilitating and extremely persistent. Through history there have been debates among the psychological and biological fields, as well as in the general population, about what