At the risk of sounding like a Super Bowl Scrooge (and I do love football and intend to enjoy the game), I was troubled by new data about the long-term effects of concussion. Comparisons of former athletes showed that those who had experience concussions in early adulthood experienced deficits in Read more…
It’s been awhile since I did a diet blog. I survived the holidays–up a couple of pounds initially, but Jenny takes care of such things quickly, and I’m back at my goal weight. I’m coming up on 18 months of maintenance now, and haven’t fluctuated more than 3 pounds from Read more…
In my Behavior Disorders in Children class yesterday, we enjoyed watching a number of YouTube videos highlighting Stephen Wiltshire, an amazing young man with autism who can draw whole cities from memory after half hour or so helicopter rides over them. If we ever manage to understand how savant abilities Read more…
As readers of my blog know, my objectivity regarding coffee is questionable, given my habit of drinking gallons of the stuff (it’s a Swedish thing). Articles about coffee always catch my eye, and a recent report by Miia Kivipelto and colleagues is no different. It’s fun to note that an Read more…
I am always amazed at the creativity of researchers and the questions they ask. Emily Holmes and her Oxford colleagues [1] followed a very interesting line of reasoning in their investigation of the use of Tetris in preventing PTSD flashbacks: The brain has limited capacity for processing information within a Read more…