Repetition of visual pleasure can involve repeatedly seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, tasting, or imagining something that causes pleasant sensations. Neural pathways are physical connections...
Can love be considered a form of ethical knowledge that informs moral judgment? This question has been debated among philosophers for centuries, but recent advances in neuroscience have shed new...
Leptin is a hormone that plays an important role in regulating appetite, energy expenditure, and body weight. It is produced primarily by fat cells and circulates throughout the body to communicate...
Human Brain's Reconciliation of Rationality and Intuition
The human brain is an intricate organ that processes various thoughts and actions through its different parts. It has distinct areas such...
Empathy and Identity
Empathy is often defined as the ability to understand and share the feelings of others. It involves recognizing and responding to emotional states that one may not have...
Gender incongruence refers to feelings of discomfort or distress that an individual experiences due to their perceived mismatch between their assigned sex at birth and their internal sense of self....
To what extent can neuroscience account for sexual orientation and gender identity?
Sexual orientation and gender identity are complex phenomena that involve numerous factors beyond biology. While...
Sexual orientation refers to an enduring pattern of emotional, romantic, and/or sexual attraction towards people of a particular gender. Gender identity is one's innate sense of self as male, female,...
Sexual orientation and gender identity have been controversial topics for centuries, with many different perspectives and theories attempting to explain their origins and development. One approach...
Sexual orientation is a term used to describe an individual's physical, emotional, romantic, and/or sexual attraction toward members of the same or opposite sex. Gender identity, on the other hand,...