Brain Awareness Week will take place this year between March 10–16. Sponsored by the Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives, the week’s activities are designed to “advance public awareness about the progress and benefits of brain research.” The first Brain Awareness Week occurred in 1996, and has grown to include world-wide Read more…
When we first moved to San Luis Obispo in 1984, I quickly tired of having to repeat my “this is autism” lecture every time my youngest daughter, Karla, needed medical or educational services. None of the “experts” had any clue as to what they were seeing. Fortunately, having received my Read more…
Socioeconomic status has long been believed to play a role in standards of weight. After all, it was the Duchess of Windsor who famously proclaimed, “A woman can’t be too rich or too thin.” Eating disorders, anorexia nervosa in particular, are more common among white, middle to upper-class women [1]. Obesity, Read more…
We are remarkably good at making quick judgments of people. In an analysis of choices made during speed dating, the authors comment, “HurryDate participants are given three minutes in which to make their judgments, but they mostly could be made in three seconds.” Not too surprisingly, these quick choices are Read more…
My family has really enjoyed the “Stumble” website, and my only hesitation about looking at it as frequently as they suggest is that I wouldn’t get anything else done. One interesting website leads to another. If you have about 40 minutes of time, I think you would enjoy a video Read more…