Denyse O'Leary

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Will science banish superstition for ever?

Denyse O'Leary | 10 Aug 2011

Which makes people more superstitious: fervent scientism or fervent religious belief? The answer may surprise you.

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Does religion shrink your brain?

Denyse O'Leary | 1 Aug 2011

Some researchers argue that outspoken religious commitment is a sign of mild dementia.

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Does religion rot teenagers' brains?

Denyse O'Leary | 25 Jul 2011

Some religion researchers are amazingly ignorant of religion.

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Does religion rot your intelligence?

Denyse O'Leary | 18 Jul 2011

We've been hearing a lot of from “new atheists” lately about the negative things religion does to the mind. Recently, some journals have produced scientific evidence. Or have they?

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Are we all travelling incognito?

Denyse O'Leary | 21 Jun 2011

Does "my brain made me do it" seem like a good excuse in a court of law?

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"Criminal brains" and what to do about them

Denyse O'Leary | 9 Jun 2011

The budding science of neurolaw could make the life or death of a prisoner dependent on a brain scan.

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Does death end all?

Denyse O'Leary | 26 May 2011

Some thoughts on Stephen Hawking’s recent declaration

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Morality for neurons

Denyse O'Leary | 1 Apr 2011

Can you build a system of moral behaviour on complete materialism? A famous neuroscientist gives it the old college try.

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A choice argument

Denyse O'Leary | 24 Mar 2011

Did you choose to cheat on your taxes? Or snub a friend? Free will makes an unexpected comeback.

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Delusions of gender

Denyse O'Leary | 18 Nov 2010

A dispatch from the gender wars: are there”male“ and “female” brains?

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