I always feel amused (when I don’t feel annoyed) by therapists of one sort or another telling people to “trust their instincts.” The truth is, people should not trust their instincts-- if instincts ...

Plato and Aristotle disagreed about the imagination. As the philosopher Stephen Asma and the actor Paul Giamatti pointed out in an essay in March, Plato gave the impression that imagination is a ...

David I. Shore consults to The multisensory Mind Inc. and has received funding, through McMaster University, from the Natural Science and Engineering Council of Canada. McMaster University provides ...

I explain how perception versus reality can make life feel like a lie.

You're agitated by the sound of a mosquito buzzing around your head. The buzzing stops. You feel the tiny pinprick and locate the target. Whack! It's over. It's a simple sequence, but it demands ...