• Question: Which area of neuroscience or biological psychology do you find most exciting or promising for future discoveries?

    Asked by DaisyD to Sophie P, Penny T, Laura B, gillianhunter, Emily A, Ellen, Benji Turnbull on 27 Jan 2026.
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      Ben Turnbull answered on 27 Jan 2026:

      Oh my gosh, what a question.

      I’d like to see real deep discoveries regarding mental health.

      Right now, most mental health treatment involves making symptoms better but not actually ‘fixing’ the problems.

      Imagine if you broke your leg and all we did was give you pain killers but then did nothing to repair the leg. That’s similar to a lot of mental health ‘treatment’ right now.

      I think Neuro/Bio-Psych will be amazing once it finds specific, fixable, causes of some mental illnesses.

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