Back in the day when I was in grad school, I worked with Ron Siegel on hallucinations in rhesus monkeys. Ron had a gadget called a parabolic mirror that made an object at the bottom of the mirror look like it was located a few inches higher. He wanted to Read more…
Periodically, Social Security wants to confirm that our youngest daughter does indeed have autism spectrum disorder for purposes of maintaining her status as a disabled adult. Our most recent assessment was done by a local psychiatrist, Dr. J. J. Cannell. We had an interesting conversation regarding the possible role of Read more…
A few years ago, Roger and I ordered a National Genographic analysis, which was very interesting! There were a few surprises based on known family history, such as the similarity of my genes to those of people currently residing in Romania. To my knowledge, I have no Romanian relatives, but Read more…
Here’s what we’re reading today: the IG-Nobels ! “The prizes at the 28th annual ceremony at Harvard University were being handed out by real Nobel laureates. The event featured a traditional paper airplane air raid and the premiere of “The Broken Heart Opera,” performed with the help of Harvard Medical Read more…
I always cringe a bit when my Google alerts point to a newly published study that has a title something like “what textbooks get wrong about subject X.” Accuracy is obviously a top goal in the text writing business. But usually, upon reading the article, our books come out well Read more…