Thomas Z. Ramsøy, a long-time member and frequent contributor to the Evolutionary Psychology listserv, and Martin Skov have a blog called Brainethics: Consequences of Brain Science. Biological psychology faculty would be particularly interested in a page of “Readings in Neuroethics.” The selection is lengthy and well-chosen. The site also features book Read more…
As a university professor, I must admit that I am astonished by the amount of alcohol current students consume. Most come to us with an already established pattern of heavy drinking from their high school days. Where their parents were at the time is another story…. Not only does the Read more…
Human beings share 98% of their genes with chimpanzees, 92% of their genes with mice, 44% with fruit flies, 26% with yeast, and 18% with thale cress. I don’t even know what a thale cress is, other than it is a weed and one of the first organisms to have Read more…
Beginning in the 1960s, Robert White of Cleveland, Ohio has had a mission. He wanted to transplant brains. In the 1960s, White successfully transplanted a second brain into a dog. According to an article in the BBC, White has successfully transplanted a monkey’s head onto another monkey’s body. Apparently, the Read more…
When I was choosing art for my Discovering Biological Psychology, I was fascinated by this photo of a neuron growing on a silicon chip. As a Star Trek fan from way back, this photo made it seem like the fearsome Borg were just around the corner. New research by Steve Potter and Read more…