Most of us are a bit uneasy about the idea that somebody can influence our thinking without our awareness. We are bombarded by enough obvious persuasive messages as it is, without having to worry about messages we don’t even notice. Read more…
School starts soon, but I wanted to show you one more recipe before this blog returns to issues of neuroscience and psychology. This is a multi-generational family recipe that everyone in my family loves — and yours might just love Read more…
Maintenance has been surprisingly smooth for the last 5 months or so, but of course, the holidays present an extra challenge for foodies. Jenny offers a really nice guide to healthy holiday eating, but we didn’t exactly follow that this Read more…
“Everybody loves a winner,” or so we often hear, but it may not necessarily be true, especially at bowl time. According to Joseph Vandello and his colleagues at the University of South Florida (which incidentally boasts a pretty good football Read more…
I must confess to being a sucker for any study involving rhesus monkeys. I developed a fondness for the little guys during my grad school days at UCLA, even though they were prone to homocidal impulses when they got loose. Read more…