Here is what I am reading today: men’s hormones and their attraction to the wrong women “Men in committed relationships choose to keep a greater distance between themselves and an unknown woman they find attractive when given the hormone oxytocin, according to new research in the November 14 issue of Read more…
Psychology is a hub science(TM) Here is what we are reading today: tweeting live brain surgery! “Dr. Kim Dong of Houston’s Memorial Hermann hospital performed a brain tumor resection surgery on a young adult patient Wednesday morning. The operation was a routine one for him, but this time it came Read more…
Here is what I am reading today: computer programs to diagnose disorders? “Computer programs can be taught to differentiate between the brain scans of healthy adolescents and those most at risk of developing psychiatric disorders, such as anxiety and depression, according to research published yesterday in the open access journal Read more…
Here is what I am reading today: genetic designer monkeys? “US researchers said Thursday they have created the world’s first mixed-embryo monkeys by merging cells from up to six different embryos, in what could be a big advance for medical research. Until now, rodents have been the primary creatures used Read more…
Here is what I am reading today: the brain thinks in the 3rd dimension “As dizzying as it may sound, the impression that we are living in a 3D world is actually a continuous fabrication of our brains. When we look at things, the world gets projected onto the retina Read more…