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If I had been kidnapped, this is how you'd know.

Or why you need to be vigilant about AI generated psychology content on social media

Do you even regulate?

And why there's a lack of definition for a "regulated nervous system"

Social Media and The Nervous System

The issues with the social media discourse and how to communicate better

How do we fill the vacuum left behind by discredited NeuroMyths?

An attempt.

Who am I and what am I doing here?

On my motivation and my business - though I should probably say "my calling" to be more

My brain in slow motion

How an accident gave me practical insight into what's happening "under the hood"

How many words do you need to describe how you feel?

On emotional granularity and being liberal with how many words we use to name and tame it.

I wrote about polyvagal theory (again)…

and it’s a wild ride.

Should we scan people’s brains to diagnose their psychological disorder?

... or their sleepy frontal lobes...?

Are we just arguing over semantics?

When simplification becomes misinformation - and why it's important.

So if «vagus nerve techniques» don’t actually stimulate the vagus nerve…

… how do they work?

Polyvagal Theory

Science or self-help?

Significant, non-significant, insignificant - on the importance of knowing the difference

… or – a tiny lesson in statistics and its practical applications.

Why neuro-lingo is almost never useful (and sometimes harmful)

Everyone is talking about the brain.

On my duty to educate

...or... why I'm doing this.

Coming soon

This is Not (just) Another Neuroscience Blog.