Here are a few readings for today: Are brains are configured so we can hear ourselves speak “Like the mute button on the TV remote control, our brains filter out unwanted noise so we can focus on what we’re listening to. But when it comes to following our own speech, Read more…
Here are my readings for today!: an interview with Suzanne Corkin “SUZANNE Corkin is a professor of behavioural neuroscience at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who worked with the famous amnesic patient H.M. for more than 45 years. I interviewed her at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience Read more…
Here are a few fun readings for today: kids gone wild on buying sprees “”The Smurfs’ Village,” a game for the iPhone and other Apple gadgets, was released a month ago and quickly became the highest-grossing application in the iTunes store. Yet it’s free to download. So where does the Read more…
Here are a few readings for today: fish feel pain “You may not hear them go “Ouch,” but fish feel pain just the same, according to a new book by Penn State professor Victoria Braithwaite. In her book “Do Fish Feel Pain?” (Oxford University Press, 2010), Braithewaite presents her case Read more…
Here are a few readings for Monday (FINALS week for us!): a healthy brain needs a healthy heart “When the National Institutes of Health convened a panel of independent experts this past April on how to prevent Alzheimer’s disease, the conclusions were pretty grim. The panel determined that “no evidence Read more…