Articles of interest

Valérie-Anne O'Callaghan A discourse is circulating that is increasingly prevalent: that psilocybin, MDMA, ayahuasca or cannabis could solve what therapy cannot.

Valérie-Anne O'Callaghan: A person watches a video describing traits they recognize in themselves. They search for information. Within a few days, their feed is filled with...

Valérie-Anne O'Callaghan: Some people don't know they're hungry until they feel dizzy. They discover they're thirsty when they get a headache. They don't register

Valérie-Anne O'Callaghan The usual story about late diagnosis ends in relief. Finally an explanation, finally the pieces fall into place, finally you know that

Valérie-Anne O'Callaghan For decades, the dominant explanation for social difficulties in autism took a very concrete form: the autistic person lacks the

Valérie-Anne O'Callaghan: A claim that has been shared tens of thousands of times is circulating these days: neurodivergent exhaustion is a cellular phenomenon rather than a neurological one.

Valérie-Anne O'Callaghan: I recently received a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder with high abilities, after turning fifty. I had suspected it for years, and even

The Incomplete Story of Menopause For decades, menopause was presented as a simple hormonal event. A reproductive change. A “natural step.” A matter

A brilliant provocation, an incomplete provocation. Karl Friston is probably one of the most important living neuroscientists. His work on predictive processing and the

A scientific theory is ultimately valued by what it changes. If we accept, even as a working hypothesis, that the brain operates with principles