How often do we stop to think about the meaning of life? If you’re like me, probably not much. Even though I may feel a vague sense of anxiety around how my life is unfolding and the inevitability of ...

This is Part 4 of a four-part series exploring how the brain generates meaning. In Parts 1, 2, and 3 of this series, I traced meaning from biological significance through neural mechanisms to symbolic ...

"People say that we’re searching for the meaning of life. I don’t think that’s it at all. I think that what we’re seeking is an experience of being alive, so that our life experiences on the purely ...