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Sofia Deleniv

Sofia Deleniv

Warped perceptions: recent brain scan explorations of how racial and gender stereotypes affect…

*All illustrations are adapted in their original form, or with my own modifications, from the publication by Stolier & Freeman (2016)…

Jan 11, 2017

Warped perceptions: recent brain scan explorations of how racial and gender stereotypes affect…

Jan 11, 2017

Sofia Deleniv

The neuroscience of addictive personalities: what makes some of us more likely to get hooked on…

* Scientific study references that back up my points can be clicked on in the text to open the original reports in a separate tab.

Jul 15, 2016

The neuroscience of addictive personalities: what makes some of us more likely to get hooked on…

Jul 15, 2016

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PrimeMind

The Dark Side of Oxytocin

Research shows the brain chemical known to create bonding also produces hostility of the “other”

Jun 10, 2016

The Dark Side of Oxytocin

Jun 10, 2016

Sofia Deleniv
in
PrimeMind

It Wasn’t Me: How Coercion Affects Agency

The slippery slope of neuro-excuses (or blaming a “bad” brain)

Jun 8, 2016

It Wasn’t Me: How Coercion Affects Agency

Jun 8, 2016

Sofia Deleniv

Night watch in the brain: recent findings on first-night-in-new-place insomnia.

* Scientific study references that back up my points can be clicked on in the text to open the original reports in a separate tab. They can…

Jun 1, 2016

Night watch in the brain: recent findings on first-night-in-new-place insomnia.

Jun 1, 2016

Sofia Deleniv
in
PrimeMind

The Indecisive Brain

The drug that could help you make up your mind by halting your imagination

May 5, 2016

The Indecisive Brain

May 5, 2016

Sofia Deleniv
in
PrimeMind

Sensationalistic LSD Findings In Perspective

Despite recent news coverage, the first acid brain scans fall short of explaining the most profound aspects of tripping

Apr 21, 2016

Sensationalistic LSD Findings In Perspective

Apr 21, 2016

Sofia Deleniv

Why Dopamine Makes People More Impulsive

Over the past few decades, the neurochemical dopamine has earned the reputation of being the brain’s reward molecule. This image is built…

Mar 10, 2016

Why Dopamine Makes People More Impulsive

Mar 10, 2016

Sofia Deleniv

Is serotonin the happy brain chemical, and do depressed people just have too little of it?

* Scientific study references are indicated in (). These can be found at the bottom of the article, and can be clicked on to access the…

Nov 14, 2015

Is serotonin the happy brain chemical, and do depressed people just have too little of it?

Nov 14, 2015

Sofia Deleniv

Sofia Deleniv

Oxford-based neuroscience PhD student. I write about the brain, behaviour, and fresh neuroscience research on my blog theneurosphere.com.

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