The Psychological Experience of Poetry
On how our brains and bodies find pleasure in poetry.
On how our brains and bodies find pleasure in poetry.
A conversation with the Nobel Prize-winning neuroscientist Eric Kandel.
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Studies show that musical ability might be a sexually selected trait.
Though the emerging possibility of deleting traumatic memories could provide some people relief, the question remains whether it would fundamentally change who they are.