Denyse O'LearyWhy America might pull through the demographic collapseDenyse O'Leary | 31 Oct 2011it is mainly religious people who raise children, and more women in America are religious.Will women stock exchange traders rescue Wall Street?Denyse O'Leary | 23 Aug 2011The new science of neuroeconomics is making big claims. Can they be justified?Will science banish superstition for ever?Denyse O'Leary | 10 Aug 2011Which makes people more superstitious: fervent scientism or fervent religious belief? The answer may surprise you.Does religion shrink your brain?Denyse O'Leary | 1 Aug 2011Some researchers argue that outspoken religious commitment is a sign of mild dementia.Does religion rot teenagers' brains?Denyse O'Leary | 25 Jul 2011Some religion researchers are amazingly ignorant of religion.Does religion rot your intelligence?Denyse O'Leary | 18 Jul 2011We'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?Are we all travelling incognito?Denyse O'Leary | 21 Jun 2011Does "my brain made me do it" seem like a good excuse in a court of law?"Criminal brains" and what to do about themDenyse O'Leary | 9 Jun 2011The budding science of neurolaw could make the life or death of a prisoner dependent on a brain scan.Does death end all?Denyse O'Leary | 26 May 2011Some thoughts on Stephen Hawking’s recent declarationMorality for neuronsDenyse O'Leary | 1 Apr 2011Can you build a system of moral behaviour on complete materialism? A famous neuroscientist gives it the old college try. |