Power to the Altruists

Lawson Wulsin

May 1, 2013

You’re on my mind when I remember how you pulled out of rush hour traffic to help that woman with a flat tire—surely a stranger to you and me both, while I and the rest of the highway commuters rushed by her. I’ve been reading about you. Now I understand. Evolution made you do that.

Lawson Wulsin

March 15, 2013

Rescuing Freud and Redefining Insight

Lawson Wulsin

March 15, 2013

Eric Kandel has done what Sigmund Freud could only hope to do. Over a century after Freud abandoned his attempt to develop a biological theory of the mind, Kandel has achieved the long sought for synthesis that links behavior, mind, and brain in a coherent model.

Lawson Wulsin

February 1, 2013

What's a Feeling?

Lawson Wulsin

February 1, 2013

For the past thirty years of my career as a psychiatrist I’ve used “feelings” and “emotions” synonymously. Semantically loose, maybe, but until now, no one has challenged me to be more precise about the difference between feelings and emotions. Now that I’ve been challenged, I’m challenging you to join me.

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