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Is there psychoactive music?

How long can a person stay happy, excited and motivated about something new?

Does dream recall interfere with “reverse learning”? (Crick and Mitchison's theory of REM sleep)

What is the scientific term for unexpected, spontaneous dream recall?

Is there a better way to describe brain activity than EEG “brain waves”

How does the brain learn what something is for the first time?

Is there evidence to suggest that music can trigger release of a particular kind of neurotransmitter?

Which neurotransmitters can be measured in a living human brain?

What causes short-term dysphoria following intense pleasure?

Have humans always had problems with motivation and laziness?

What defines the easiest time to get out of bed in the morning for humans?

Do highly creative people dream more and/or differently than ordinary people?

Why people choose “boring” colors for new cars?

What computerized EEG analysis algorithms are there?

How similar are human brains within the same haplogroup?

Is there any “predictive” component to positive/negative affect in Seasonal Affective Disorder and Bipolar Disorder?

Do people “subvocalize” during thinking or “internal monologue”?

How can I test whether Dorsal Raphe Nucleus (DRN) activity at night is related to variations in mood?

What is the mechanism behind recurring or looping thoughts?

Is there a circadian component to mood variations in humans?

Can bipolar disorder be considered a malfunction of the “love circuit” in the human brain?

What causes dreamers to accept dreams as reality?

What happens in the brain when conscious awareness is changed during dreaming onset?

Is there evidence for a unique isolated internal representation of loved ones?

Does introducing an element of play, hunt, or competition make feeding more rewarding?

Does female attractiveness correlate with age progression?

How long could Henry Molaison keep his memory of the present?

What is the name of the cognitive bias where an expert overestimates the knowledge of others?

What brain regions are activated when a dream is remembered?

If stimulus triggers dopamine release, can dopamine release trigger memory recall of stimulus?