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…
The rise of artificial intelligence marks a turning point in how we relate to the world and to ourselves. Between the illusion of control and shifting symbolic structures, it is redefining the boundaries of human experience. More than three millennia ago, Odysseus reached the island of Circe, the sorceress who could turn men into beasts…
Understanding how information becomes conscious remains one of neuroscience’s greatest challenges. A large-scale study confronting leading theories reveals a more complex reality than expected. Consciousness remains one of the greatest challenges in neuroscience. Every day we see, feel, and think, yet explaining how a mental content becomes conscious continues to elude us. Neuroscience has made…
Between forgetting and transformation, memory does more than preserve the past, it reshapes it. Forgetting a painful memory on purpose has been a dream as old as memory itself. Since antiquity, humanity has sought in forgetfulness a way to ease its inner wounds. In Greek mythology, the souls descending into the Underworld would drink the…
Cognitive giftedness fuels many, often conflicting representations. Current research seeks to offer a more rigorous understanding. For a long time marginalized or dismissed as mere cliché, over-efficiency—whether manifesting as high intellectual potential (HIP) or very high intellectual potential (VHIP)—is now receiving renewed scientific attention. Recent research in cognitive neuroscience, neuro-psychoanalysis and clinical psychology converge to…
Rather than mimicking human performance, some researchers are focusing on its underlying mechanisms. Using brain data, they are paving the way for AI systems closer to human cognition. Artificial intelligence (AI) is advancing at breathtaking speed, but its foundations remain very different from those of the human brain. The most powerful artificial neural networks rely…
What happens when no thoughts seem accessible? The brain doesn’t simply stop. We often imagine our thoughts as a continuous stream of images, words, and memories. However, most of us have experienced a sudden inner void a moment when nothing seems clear, and no identifiable thoughts emerge. This phenomenon, known as mind blanking, has sparked…
Péguy’s Lucidity or the Enigma of Our “Guilty Absent‑Mindedness” The thinker Charles Péguy, in a sharply observed passage cited by Francine Lenne, pinpoints a fundamental yet widespread error of human reasoning:“Speaking of what one does not know (…) will always remain man’s favorite occupation.” With a clinical edge of irony, he notes that while the…
Can a simple word trigger an uncontrollable reaction? Some rare phenomena suggest that language can act far beyond its meaning. Some oddities slip into everyday life like flashes of absurdity. In Morocco, for reasons no one has yet explained, the mere mention of the word “honey” can trigger uncontrollable outbursts in certain individuals a phenomenon…