I recently watched an inspirational TED (Technology, Entertainment, & Design) Talk by Harvard social psychologist Dr. Amy Cuddy. It’s definitely worth watching (so I’ve embedded…
Category: Brain & Neuroscience
I have a new video blog (below) on the benefits of playing video games. I’ve been blogging about the issue of whether video game violence…
A fellow professional recommended this book to me a few years ago, and I finally go around to reading it (well, listening to the audiobook).…
A while back, I blogged about the Myth of Multitasking. Basically, I said that we can’t really do it – we mostly task switch, and…
I recently ran into this article on MSNBC: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37779968/ns/health-addictions/ I know pot smoking is quite common…particularly in Austin! Now, I’m a believer that things in…
I ran into the great article on CNN’s website “Supplements for Depression: What Works & What Doesn’t” by Ray Hainer of Health.com. Long ago…well, September…
A recent article was published in the April 20, 2010 online journal Nature called into question the idea the video games can enhance cognitive functioning.…
A while back, I listened to the unabridged audiobook by Jonah Lehrer Proust Was a Neuroscientist. I have to say this was one of the densest…
Now, you first might think I’m an alarmist, but I can assure you that I don’t tend to be. I’ve had a cell phone of…
I listened to an NPR story today from Michelle Trudeau entitled “The Aging Brain Is Less Quick, But More Shrewd”: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124118077 In one part of…