How the Brain Shows Us Depression Is Not One Thing

Click Here to Read: How the Brain Shows Us Depression Is Not One Thing: People with the same diagnosis can show opposite patterns of brain connectivity by Laura Bilbao  Broch MSc on her Cell on the Self blog on the Psychology Today blogs on October 8, 2026.

Magnetic Resonance Imaging – Human brain side view Image: Oliver Stollmann.  Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons

Our Tribal Minds Can Badly Distort Our Perception of Reality

Click Here to Read: Our Tribal Minds Can Badly Distort Our Perception of Reality: How ancient, evolved adaptations fuel modern political tension by Eric Haseltine Ph.D. on  his Long Fuse, Big Bang blog on the Psychology Today blogs on October 2, 2026.

Neanderthal Flintworkers, Le Moustier Cavern, Dordogne, France (cropped) mage: American Museum of Natural History.  Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

A Place Among the Fiddlers

Click Here to Read: A Place Among the Fiddlers: In a southwest Virginia fairground, thousands of musicians gather every August to keep a centuries-old tradition from flickering out by David Alm on the Longreads website on October 1, 2026.

Jamming around the grounds at the 2012 Galax Old Fiddlers’ Convention in Galax, Virginia on August 11, 2012. Image: Eli Christman from Richmond, VA, USA  Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.