Much of what consumes our everyday existence is fundamentally about understanding and managing human behavior. Science in general offers a very clear outline as to how we might pursue that aim. First, science describes the fundamental operations of all living systems, explaining how they self-organizeand self-assemble within the environment that is planet earth, how quantum…

Heraclitus, the thoughtful Greek philosopher, is famous for having pointed out that we “never step in the same river twice.” Indeed, the very history of our species bears out the fact that while we share most of our genes with those of our ancestor species, we have evolved significantly over the millennia, and thus, while…

The Center for Integrated Research’s proprietary approach to “brain systems science” can be used to develop and implement some effective training techniques for generating successful mental attitudes and strategies among young athletes. These techniques are based on two key premises that are fundamental to brain systems science—first, as complex, adaptive systems, we humans are fundamentally…