Between neuroscience and psychoanalysis, trauma appears as an organization, not a destiny. One the brain can reshape. In contemporary clinical practice, understanding what it truly means to heal from trauma requires moving beyond the traditional opposition between psyche and brain. Human beings are not made of ideas and words alone. They are also biological systems…
Reading does not rely solely on vision. By engaging circuits similar to visual reading, Braille shows that the brain processes words beyond the sensory channel through which they are perceived. Reading without ever seeing a letter may sound counterintuitive. In most societies, written language is inseparable from vision: pages, screens, symbols scanned by the eyes….
After a sleepless night, attention falters without warning. These subtle failures reflect a brain oscillating between wakefulness and rest, despite the appearance of being awake. Sleeping too little is not just a persistent feeling of fatigue. Even after the first shortened night, sustained attention becomes unstable, reaction times slow, and brief episodes of disconnection occur,…
More than a sporting event, the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations acts as a lens into collective psychological dynamics. Between national pride, symbolic pressure, and emotional intensity, football becomes a mirror of identity and belonging. Morocco’s hosting of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations combined with the participation of the national team represents a social…
Long before modern psychology, the Stoics had already identified a key principle: suffering arises less from events than from their interpretation. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is widely recognized as one of the most empirically supported psychotherapeutic approaches for emotional disorders, including anxiety, depression, and addictive behaviors (Beck, 1976; Hofmann et al., 2012). Its core premise,…
Mind wandering disrupts attention, yet may also support learning. This ambivalence invites a reassessment of its role in cognition. We spend a large part of our days not entirely where we are. While our eyes are fixed on a screen, a book, or a conversation partner, the mind often drifts toward thoughts that have no…
“Good” news: AI does not think, but it does speak. “Bad” news: our unconscious speaks, while we imagine that we are thinking. This dual observation, paradoxical at first glance, lies at the heart of what I call Artificial Subjectivity. Let us begin by clarifying what we mean by “thinking.” If by thinking we mean a…
For decades, researchers have sought to unravel the mechanisms of consciousness. But beyond neural data, one essential dimension continues to resist explanation: lived experience itself. In 1974, the American philosopher Thomas Nagel, a professor at New York University and a major figure in the philosophy of mind, published what would become a landmark paper entitled…
The brain never truly resets. Yet the idea of starting over can be enough to boost motivation and change how we see the future. Each new year acts as a signal. It invites reflection, projection, and a reconsideration of what once seemed firmly established. Biologically, however, nothing distinguishes the brain from one day to the…
Between brain plasticity and unconscious repetition, anxiety is embedded in reinforcing neural circuits. In a world saturated with information, social pressure, and simultaneous demands, anxiety no longer appears as a purely individual symptom. It reflects an era and a neural architecture constantly forced to adapt. Each brain, exposed to uninterrupted streams of stimulation, becomes the…