Gordon Gallup and his colleagues developed an interesting way to test whether or not an individual had a sense of “self.” If you place a dot of red dye on the forehead of a human infant of about 18 months of age, the infant will touch his or her own Read more…
A lot of the news about addiction is rather pessimistic, but a study found by an alert student by Fulton Crews and Kim Nixon might add a ray of hope. Crews and Nixon addicted adult rats to alcohol, and observed that neurogenesis was inhibited. After only a week of abstinence from alcohol, Read more…
An alert student shared a video that shows the remarkable compensations of a totally blind teenager. Ben rollerblades, plays videogames, and finds his way around objects by using sound. You’ll enjoy watching this one. It’s very inspirational.
An alert student suggested that we look at a recent report of Ritalin (methylphenidate) use among preschoolers. One out of 100 preschoolers in the US have been prescribed Ritalin (methylphenidate), in spite of recommendations that the drug not be used on anybody under the age of 6 years. Personally, I’m Read more…
In spite of the best efforts of statistics faculty everywhere, people constantly want to infer causality from correlations. Even though we can point to ridiculous examples, such as the strong positive correlation between ice cream sales and the murder rate (both increase in warm weather), some people just don’t get Read more…