Good science is never defensive. No matter how strongly we believe something to be fact, we should always welcome challenges. Reports of scientists seeking to squash any alternate views, no matter how bizarre, sadden me. Debate gives us the opportunity to explain, educate, and possibly think about science in new Read more…
I may be a late adapter on this, but I just started using Microsoft’s Office Mix for PowerPoint, at the suggestion of daughter Karen Freberg. I’ve used Panopto over the years, but feel somewhat guilty about holding onto one of our very expensive campus licenses when I don’t use it more. Read more…
For some of us who have been in the teaching business for awhile, it’s helpful to have a refresher course in who our new students might be. Time does have a way of flying by, and with it, new cohorts of students bring different worldviews into our classrooms. Each year, Read more…
Here’s what we are reading today: manipulating neurons with light ““Optogenetics has more than anything else let people play the piano in the brain, as opposed to just slamming their whole forearm down on all the keys,” says Joshua Sanes, a neuroscientist at Harvard.” systems of process and consequences “”To date the biological Read more…
Here is what we are reading today: accelerating brain development “…Neuro-physiological methods were adopted to measure subcortical and cortical responses to speech in the brains of two groups of adolescents in a high school in the Chicago area. One group took part in group musical training and one group took Read more…