my very finest cheesecake

Did I every tell you how I love cheesecake? CLICK on the picture for a fabulous recipe!

Here is what I am reading today:

Laura’s Note: ‘Ivar’ Lovass was an extraordinary psychologist while I was attending UCLA for 9 years (B.A. ,M.A. and Ph.D.), he was brilliant in the area of behavior motification… and while we were at UCLA, he was my husband’s weightlifting partner.

“The winning projects explore a range of topics including how the brain enables humans to flourish, the biological bases of altruism and the effects of positive interventions on the brain.”

“…”The desire for women at peak fertility to unconsciously choose products that enhance appearance is driven by a desire to outdo attractive rival women…”

“New research by the University of California, Riverside, published in the August issue of the journal Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, shows that unintentional speech imitation can even make us sound like people whose voices we never hear.”

“Schizophrenia is a psychiatric illness that affects ~1% of the world population. Characterized by delusions, hallucinations, and disorganized thinking, it is a devastating disorder.”