David DiSalvo

David DiSalvo is a science and technology writer working at the intersection of cognition and culture.

A new study on the psychoactive drug in magic mushrooms reveals a possible reason why it’s making headway against treatment-resistant depression.

Some research shows that brain activity behind a decision occurs before a person consciously apprehends the decision

It’s all about your state of mind

Researchers at the Society for Neuroscience meeting in New Orleans (Oct 13-17) presented studies showing how stress, no matter its cause, alters brain circuitry in ways that can have long-term effects on mental health. Research by Dipesh Chaudhury of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York s…

A few months ago I came across a blog post written by a well-credentialed scientist, the gist of which was that he’d recently given his last interview to a journalist. So horribly were his words misrepresented in the subsequent article that he finally had to draw the line—he’d not contribute [...]