During quarantine, there is a prominent lack of rewarding stimuli and a severe sense of lack of control over what is happening. What can we do to hit the reward centers of our brains and regain some minimum sense of control?
After weeks of strict regulations, experts are deciding how we can leave lockdown without too many risks to our society. Importantly though, merely the way we describe risks can influence which strategy we choose.
Besides an alarming death toll, a shrinking world economy, and a renewed appreciation for thorough handwashing, the current COVID-19 pandemic has further exposed humans everywhere to another contagion: belief in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary. Why is it that some people tend to stick to false beliefs?
We all talk to ourselves on a regular basis, and some of us get embarrassed
Scientists know how smell works in the brain but not exactly how neurons “read out”
This is how exercise helps you deal with quarantine 
Risky decision-making through an epidemic lens 
This is why we stick to false beliefs even in a pandemic