Here’s what we are reading today: lucid dreaming! “Another study looking at people’s ability to make conscious decisions in waking life as well as during lucid and non-lucid dreams found a large degree of overlap between volitional abilities when we Read more…
Archaeologists have found skulls dating back as far as 7000 years that show evidence of trepanation (also known as trephining). A cut has been made in the skull. Some of the skulls show bone growth, suggesting that people were able Read more…
As the mother of an adult daughter with autism, I watch the news in this area very closely. We still don’t know what causes autism spectrum disorder (ASD) or why rates appear to have increased dramatically during the last 20 Read more…
We professors hear quite a bit about students who feel “entitled.” Although most of us have a few war stories to tell, it seems like this is a small minority of students to me. However, the minority that engages in Read more…
Here is what we are reading today: gray matter and youth with problems “The researchers from the University of Birmingham found that, compared to typically developing youths, those with behavioural problems show grey matter reductions specifically within the amygdala, Read more…