Dameon O’Boyle
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Mind & Brain.
Visual guides and interactive explorations of cognition, behaviour and neuroscience. These lessons grow from the areas I am studying in neuroscience and psychology, connecting mechanisms with questions about everyday life.
Attention & executive function
An exploration of how we selectively focus on information while ignoring distractions, and the top-down processes that coordinate our thoughts and actions.
Dopamine & ADHD
Understanding the role of dopamine in reward, motivation, and movement, and how differences in these pathways relate to the symptoms of ADHD.
Learning & neuroplasticity
How the brain rewires itself in response to experience, and the mechanisms that allow us to acquire new skills and adapt to our environment.
Memory & fear learning
Investigating how we form emotional memories and the neural circuits involved in fear conditioning and extinction.
Stress & anxiety
A look at the biological response to threat and how chronic stress impacts neural function and psychological well-being.
The developing brain
Tracing the trajectory of neural growth from infancy through adolescence, highlighting critical periods of brain development.