How a brain scientist thinks about behaviour
This is a knowledge graph that maps three levels of explanation.
The archive organises its records across three layers of depth. Each layer answers a different kind of question.
Phenomena
Observable patterns in everyday life. Things you might wonder about: "Why do I keep doing X even when I know better?" or "Why does this situation always trip me up?"
Heuristics
Mental shortcuts and lenses distilled from neuroscience. These are ways of thinking about how the brain organises perception, learning, and action.
Architecture
The underlying neural systems. Current understanding of how the brain and nervous system actually work — the hardware that makes everything else possible.
Start with a phenomenon that resonates. Read the explanation, then explore the connected heuristics to see how your brain produces that pattern. Follow the links to architecture if you want to understand the neural systems underneath. Everything connects.