Consciousness, Self-Organization, and Neuroscience

OCD

What Is Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder?

Joel Frohlich Ph.D. on February 20, 2017

A brain region known as the basal ganglia appears to be important in treating and understanding obsessive-compulsive disorder.

A brain region known as the basal ganglia appears to be important in treating and understanding obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Neuroscience

Excitation and Inhibition: The Yin and Yang of the Brain

Joel Frohlich Ph.D. on January 19, 2017

Understanding the balance between neural excitation and inhibition could be key to understanding many brain disorders.

Understanding the balance between neural excitation and inhibition could be key to understanding many brain disorders.

Free Will

Does Free Will Exist?

Joel Frohlich Ph.D. on December 6, 2016

Reasonable people can disagree on whether neuroscience casts doubt on free will.

Reasonable people can disagree on whether neuroscience casts doubt on free will.

Neuroscience

Stimulating Neural Circuits With Magnetism

Joel Frohlich Ph.D. on October 31, 2016

How is a new technology revolutionizing both basic and clinical neuroscience?

How is a new technology revolutionizing both basic and clinical neuroscience?

Neuroscience

Is Consciousness a Ghost in the Machine?

Joel Frohlich Ph.D. on October 9, 2016

How does consciousness arise from physical matter?

How does consciousness arise from physical matter?