Grey Matters Journal

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ISSUE 36: Pain Is Not "In Your Head", but It Is in Your Brain

Chronic pain physically rewires the nervous system, from sensitized spinal neurons to a blurred sensory map in the brain. Following one patient's story, this piece traces the neurobiology behind chronic pain and the emerging treatments — from CBT to VR therapy — aimed at retraining the brain rather than just masking symptoms.

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Author: Ruth Elizabeth Wise Maldonado
Artist: Sara Sunil

ISSUE 36: I'm Aware that You're Aware - Understanding Social Attention

Ever feel like you can sense someone's gaze on you, or catch yourself looking where a stranger looks? This piece explores how the brain tracks eye-gaze, body language, and facial cues to model what others are paying attention to — and even conjures an illusory "beam" of attention that traces back to ancient theories of vision.

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Authors: Rhiannon Delamere
Artist: Romina Crandall

ISSUE 36: Changing Lanes in Neurotechnology: Autonomous Vehicle Development

Your brain predicts where that speeding car will be a second from now — can an autonomous vehicle do the same? This piece traces the path from retina to decision-making, and how neuroscience-inspired sensors and neural networks are helping AVs see, predict, and react like we do.

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Authors: Sophia Roessler
Artist: Jackie Bai

ISSUE 36: Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplants: Magical Medical Therapy or Catalyst of Cognitive Decline?

HSCT is a powerful cancer treatment, but up to a third of recipients face cognitive decline decades later. This piece unpacks how blood-brain barrier disruption, GvHD, and cytokine storms drive these effects, and why some patients are hit harder than others.

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Authors: Auburne Mauger
Artist: Rachel Liu

ISSUE 36: Intelligence Under The Sea: Rethinking Cognition with Cephalopods

Octopuses evolved intelligence entirely independently from humans — no shared cognitive ancestor, no centralized brain, no bones. This piece dives into how their unique bodies, distributed nervous systems, and skin that may "see" color reshape what we think intelligence has to look like.

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Authors: Elora Reilly, Chao-Yu Lin, Sahana Subramanian,
Artists: Kathleen Bach, Lilian Nguyenphuoc