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Stress & Nervous System

Running on Cortisol and Spite

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Cortex Cannibal / Human Error, Explained 11:47 PM / STILL AWAKE Running on Cortisol and Spite. It’s 11:47 p.m. You’ve

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Nutrition & Gut-Brain

Why You’re Full but Still Want Dessert

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CORTEX CANNIBAL The science of being human Nutrition & Nervous System · After hours Full from dinner. Still thinking dessert.

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Nutrition & Gut-Brain

I Started Taking Creatine. Then I Got Curious About My Brain

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CORTEX CANNIBAL / NUTRITION & NERVOUS SYSTEM I Started Taking Creatine. Then I Got Curious About My Brain. Creatine has

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Midlife & Hormones

Perimenopause Anxiety at Night: Why Am I Awake at 3 a.m.?

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Cortex Cannibal · Body & Biology Perimenopause Anxiety at Night Why Am I Awakeat 3 a.m.? Exhausted all day. Wide

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Brain & Behaviour

The Message You Keep Meaning to Reply To

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Cortex Cannibal · Brain & Behavior The Message You Keep Meaning to Reply To You meant to answer properly. Now

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Brain & Behaviour, Midlife & Hormones

The Grief Nobody Notices Because Nobody Died

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Cortex Cannibal · Midlife The grief nobody noticesbecause nobody died Missing who you were. Mourning who you thought you’d become.

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Brain & Behaviour

Why We Cry at Kindness

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Brain & Behaviour

What Alcohol Does to Your Brain Might Be Stranger Than We Thought

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Cortex Cannibal / Brain & Behaviour What Alcohol Does to Your Brain Might Be Stranger Than We Thought New research

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Brain & Behaviour

Why Time Feels Faster as We Age: The Neuroscience of Memory, Attention, and Experience

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Cortex Cannibal · Brain & Behaviour · The Science of Being Human Why Time Feels Faster as We Age The

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Brain & Behaviour

The Awe of Adventure and Neuroplasticity

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The brain evolved to pay attention when it encounters something larger than itself. Awe may be one of the oldest

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