Here is what I am reading today: for big problems… sleep on it! “A new study from Lancaster University has found that sleeping on a problem really can help people to find a solution.” creativity in mind wandering! “New research published in the journals of the Association for Psychological Science Read more…
Here is what I am reading today: eating tomatoes and why? “Tomatoes are high in the antioxidant lycopene. The study found that people with the highest amounts of lycopene in their blood were 55 percent less likely to have a stroke than people with the lowest amounts of lycopene in Read more…
Here is what I am reading today: how does a sleeping brain behave? “UCLA researchers have for the first time measured the activity of a brain region known to be involved in learning, memory and Alzheimer’s disease during sleep. They discovered that this part of the brain behaves as if Read more…
Here is what I am reading today: VIDEO: Mortimer Mishkin on the History of Neuroscience “Society for Neuroscience archival interview with Mortimer Mishkin, former senior investigator at NIH and current chief of the section on cognitive neuroscience in the laboratory of neuropsychology at NIMH. The interview took place April 5-6, Read more…
Here is what I am reading today: my parasite made me do it! “Feeling sociable or reckless? You might have toxoplasmosis, an infection caused by the microscopic parasite Toxoplasma gondii, which the CDC estimates has infected about 22.5 percent of Americans older than 12 years old. Researchers tested participants for Read more…