You know you will die. Intellectually, abstractly, undeniably. But your brain cannot actually simulate what that means. The neuroscience of death anxiety reveals why this single neurological fact shapes almost everything about how humans live — and why your brain…
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You don’t think about death very often. Or so you believe. The psychology of mortality suggests it’s quietly running more of your behaviour than you’d ever feel comfortable admitting. You’re not thinking about death right now. You’re thinking about this…