Guest Thinkers — September 16, 2010

More on Ethics, BDSM, and the Missouri Sex Slave Case

Great post by Thomas MacAulay Millar on the case of “FV,” a teenage runaway who was allegedly tortured, pimped, and nearly killed by a middle aged man who took her in and promised to make her a porn star.

[Photo credit: Jason Clapp, Creative Commons.]

a woman with red hair and yellow glasses.

Neuropsych

87 brain scans of people watching Hollywood movies unlock a “brain map” of social perception

A new study from Finland suggests that we all process the behavior of others using the same neural networks.

a painting of a boat floating on a body of water.

The Well

I’m “spiritual but not religious.” Here’s what that means for a physicist

Spiritual experiences can be explained in terms of a highly evolved brain. But they also can be extremely meaningful.

a statue of a human head next to a statue of a human body.

Neuropsych

What Carl Sagan got very wrong about the human brain

You don’t have a “reptile brain.”

two halves of a human brain with different colors.

The Well

You have 3 brains. This is how to use them.

You’ve heard about your “lizard brain.” But what about the other two?

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8 min

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Robert M Sapolsky

How to have better sex

People are having less sex than ever. 3 experts explain the keys to maintaining a passionate relationship.

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11 min

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Esther Perel

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