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Coben Reveals Secrets to Success

The Rubin’s latest Brainwave event, “The Science of Suspense,” invited novelist Harlan Coben to speak with David Eagleman about how memory, empathy, and human nature each play a role in his writing process.

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Four Stars: Who Are Movie Reviews For?

What goes on in our brains when we watch a movie?
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Telling Stories of Science

Report from Neuroscience 2018

In today’s world, where science seems to often get short shrift, one neuroscientist believes that storytelling can be a powerful tool for scientists to share, teach, and connect with the world outside their laboratories.

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Q&A with Paul Zak, Ph.D.

The Power of Storytelling and the Brain

On the heels of Paul Zak’s The Moral Molecule—the popular book that put a brain chemical called oxytocin on the map—comes a new area of interest: how oxytocin, triggered by inspirational storytelling, affects behavior.
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Why Inspiring Stories Make Us React: The Neuroscience of Narrative

The man behind the discovery of the behavioral effect of a neurochemical in the brain called oxytocin wondered if the molecule might motivate people to engage in cooperative behaviors. In a series of tests using videos, his lab discovered that compelling narratives cause oxytocin release and have the power to affect our attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors.
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The Inner Lives of Disordered Brains

One popular new novel is narrated by a boy with autism, another by a nun with epilepsy, a third by a man with Tourette syndrome. These are stories very different from the classic neurological case history, but, thanks to the pioneering efforts of Oliver Sacks and others, such stories are capturing the attention of scientists and the public in nonfiction accounts as well as novels, movies, and television dramas. Historian of science Harrington asks what we are learning from these voices out of worlds so unlike our own.

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