What this atlas is — and is not
Everything About the Brain is an educational encyclopedia: interactive maps, topic pages and seven-section deep dives across cognition, disorders, methods and pioneers.
It is not a diagnosis, a treatment plan, emergency triage, spiritual counsel or a substitute for a licensed clinician. If you need personal care, talk to a professional who can examine you and take responsibility for advice.
How 0–100 scores work
Radar scores (research, awareness, complexity, clinical weight, plasticity, live debate) are editorial and relative within this atlas. They help you browse and compare topics side by side — they are not lab measurements, clinical severity scales or rankings of people.
A high “debate” score means the scientific conversation is active, not that the topic is settled or that a popular claim is true. Treat scores like a careful friend’s ranked opinion, not a certificate.
Citation policy
Topic pages carry a Sources block with up to eight references. Prefer peer-reviewed reviews and landmark papers with DOI or PubMed IDs when they exist. Bibliographic fields (title, authors, year, venue, DOI, PMID) stay language-neutral so the same papers appear under every language; short notes may be localized.
We do not invent DOIs. Classic books or historical texts may use a stable URL when a DOI is unavailable. Citations support education and E-E-A-T; they are not a complete literature review.
Reviewed dates and the English-as-master rule
Each topic records a reviewed month (for example 2026-08). That stamp marks when the English master was last checked for consistency — not a clinical review board seal.
English is the master. A language only gets a published page when a full translation of that topic exists. We never put English prose under a localized URL such as /brain/ko/… — partial translations are held back entirely so search and AdSense do not see duplicate English dressed as another language.
Limits on belief, manifestation and contemplative pages
Pages on belief, expectation, law-of-attraction style claims and contemplative or religious practice frame the science of expectancy, placebo, attention and self-regulation. Metaphor is not physics. Correlation between prayer or ritual and well-being is not proof of a supernatural mechanism.
Those topics explain mechanisms and limits in plain language. They are not spiritual advice, not proof of metaphysics, and not a substitute for mental-health care when distress is serious.
Corrections and evidence updates
If a fact, score or citation is wrong or outdated, email the page URL and the correction (with a source when possible) to hello@tool-lifes.com. We review and update the English master first, then re-sync translations.
When major evidence shifts — for example a guideline change or a retracted claim — we revise the relevant sections and bump the reviewed stamp rather than silently leaving stale certainty on the page.