Book Review
Book Review
How the Heart Can Heal the Brain
Dec 14, 2018 "The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog" is a powerful testament to how the brain can heal, through loving relationships, from even the most extreme cases of trauma.
How Can a Scientist Make Sense of the Religious Impulse?
Apr 6, 2018 Physicist Alan Lightman ponders this and other questions in his new book, "Searching for Stars on an Island in Maine."
Scientists Link Having a Purpose in Life to a Good Night’s Sleep
Jul 10, 2017 Having trouble catching zzz's? It could have something to do with your sense of purpose, or lack thereof.
Linking Alzheimer’s to Pollution, Study Finds Toxic Nanoparticles in Human Brains
Sep 7, 2016 “Abundant” quantities of magnetite and other nanoparticles deemed toxic were found in the brains of people from Mexico City and Manchester, U.K.
Scientists Find Possible Link Between Brain Development and Anti-Social Behavior
Jun 16, 2016 Brain scans by scientists at Cambridge University have highlighted “striking” structural differences between the brains of young men diagnosed with anti-social behavioral problems and those of their better-behaved peers.
Psychologist: Mental Illness Is a Result of Intolerable Circumstances, Not Defective Genes (Video)
Feb 27, 2016 The health professions make a grave mistake when they treat mental illnesses as “discrete brain conditions that are largely genetically determined and barely influenced by the slings and arrows of misfortune,” writes clinical psychologist and researcher Richard Bentall.
High Doses of Cocaine Can Cause the Brain to Eat Itself
Jan 20, 2016 Mice given high doses of the recreational drug exhibited a destructive version of a condition known as autophagy, in which brain cells digest and excrete essential parts, rather than just waste.
Jewish Extremists Have a Lot in Common With Islamic State
Dec 29, 2015 Violent Jewish extremism in Israel, like Islamic State, needs to be confronted and destroyed; corporate crimes abounded in 2015; meanwhile, a neuroscientist has come up with theories about why daily rhythms change as one ages. These discoveries and more after the jump.
Oliver Sacks, Neurological Innovator and ‘Awakenings’ Author, Dies at 82
Aug 31, 2015 Hollywood might have granted him fame, but the renowned psychiatrist's valuable work deserved to be amplified, however the means.
Mad Science: First Human Brain Grown in Lab, Researchers Claim
Aug 19, 2015 Scientists at Ohio State University claim to have taken the unprecedented step of growing an almost fully formed human brain in a lab, an achievement that could transform the medical community's understanding of neurological disease.
