One of my least favorite factoids in the neurosciences is the fact that the human brain begins to lose weight after the age of 45 years. I have other parts of me where weight loss would be much more welcome. However, I optimistically enjoy data that suggest that we can Read more…
For those of you looking for a fresh new excuse for playing videogames instead of studying for your Biological Psychology midterm, here’s one I might actually buy into. Daphne Bavelier and Shawn Green of the University of Rochester demonstrated that participants who played 30 hours (over a one month period) of Unreal Read more…
Although we all enjoyed the film The Devil Wears Prada chez Freberg, I cringed when Meryl Streep’s character referred to the very slender Anne Hathaway as “the fat girl,” and “Nigel” stated that “2 is the new 4; 4 is the new 6; and 6 is the new 14.” I Read more…
In a recent report in Science, Antoine Bechara and his colleagues at USC interviewed 69 people who had smoked at least six cigarettes per day for more than two years before experiencing brain injury [1]. Of the 69 people in the study, 19 had damaged the insula, an area of Read more…
If you’re like most people, and in the case of Garfield, some cats, certain Mondays make getting out of bed difficult. Apparently, according to British psychologist Cliff Arnall, some Mondays are worse than others. Tomorrow, January 22nd, is supposed to be the most depressing Monday of the year, and is Read more…