As you might have noticed from my posts, I love animals and share my household with several, including two cats–the Purrhana (he purrs and then bites you) and Coco Chanel, pictured here. All creatures crave routine, and when routine is disrupted, we can expect a reaction. Over the past few Read more…
Heres what we are reading today! mind wandering “Most research on mind-wandering has characterized it as a mental state with contents that are task unrelated or stimulus independent. However, the dynamics of mind-wandering — how mental states change over time — have remained largely neglected. Here, we introduce a dynamic framework for understanding Read more…
What we are reading today: genetic manipulation of human embryos “The decision makes Britain one of the first countries in the world to grant this type of authorisation on one of science’s new frontiers and follows months of deliberation by the British embryology regulator. The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority Read more…
Here’s what we are reading today: lucid dreaming! “Another study looking at people’s ability to make conscious decisions in waking life as well as during lucid and non-lucid dreams found a large degree of overlap between volitional abilities when we are awake and when we are having lucid dreams. However, Read more…
My students know that I have some major biases (I try to share these upfront), and in particular, I really don’t like the idea of medicating developing brains when alternative treatments are available. I am not a clinician, and I often feel somewhat isolated in taking this viewpoint, but this Read more…