On AlterNet: neuroscience

Screw Positive Thinking! Why Our Quest for Happiness Is Making Us Miserable

Oliver Burkeman, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Dec 4, 2012

Story | Topic: Personal Health

Study: Conservatives Have Larger 'Fear Centers' in Their Brains

Daniel Tencer, Raw Story, Dec 29, 2010

Story | Topic: News & Politics

We Might Be More Racist Than We Think We Are

Susan T. Fiske, Beacon Press, Nov 16, 2010

Story | Topic: Civil Liberties

It's a Jungle in There: Our Brains Are Not As Evolved As We Might Think

Louis Cozolino, Psychotherapy Networker, Jul 14, 2010

Story | Topic: Personal Health

Are We Selfish Individuals or an Empathic Society? The Answer Could Determine Whether We Have a Future

Jeremy Rifkin, Tarcher/Penguin, Mar 26, 2010

Story | Topic: Activism

When Are You Dead? Science Just Made the Work of Religion a Bit More Difficult

Arri Eisen, Religion Dispatches, Mar 11, 2010

Story | Topic: Belief