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Trouble in Paradise
As European scientists and explorers plied the world’s oceans with their unrivaled maritime technology in the 16th through 19th centuries, searching for new territories to study, catalog, and conquer,...
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Movies To See While Depressed
I facilitate a support group for people with mental conditions along with those who love and support them. Several of us have years of experience of functioning while depressed. The other day we were...
View ArticleOf Daydreamers, Pain, and Grey Matter
In an article that will be in the journal “Pain,” the main author from Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center reports that an individual’s sensitivity to pain appears to be related to some degree to the...
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Why Must I Worry?
I don’t think anybody in his or her right mind wishes to be completely fearless. At least after the fact of a close encounter we can appreciate when our internal warning signal is aligned with a red...
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Hysteria: A Historic Anti-Asperger-Syndrome Syndrome?
What sense can anyone make of hysteria? The great Jean-Martin Charcot (1825-93) made his reputation with it—at least during his reign as the Napoleon of the Neuroses at the Salpêtrière, which he turned...
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Celebrate World Book Day!
It’s World Book Day in the UK and Ireland! Three and a half year old Grace was excited and up early to celebrate. She’s going off to school today as Princess Jasmin! Grace already loves stories and...
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Neuroscientists Discover How Practice Makes Perfect
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and Princeton University have made a breakthrough discovery that explains how the muscle controlling neurons of the brain master skills through...
View ArticleLetting Go of Asperger's - not so fast!
Have you ever been at a party where a friend tells a story about you, and their words seem totally at odds with what you recall of the events? That’s how I felt when I read Hanna Rosin’s Atlantic...
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Your Lying, Cheating Brain
How To Create Successful Lies “I just know it’s true. I saw it myself.”But your brain not a DVD player, correctly recording what happened.And that’s a good thing.The unreliability of memory has been a...
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Silly Creationist Argument
Last week, in a fit of late-night restlessness, I rented a low-budget movie through Amazon Instant Video—a movie that I would normally never watch but was cheaper than some of Amazon’s other a-la-carte...
View ArticleWhy "Stepping Away" Increases Your Creativity
We've all had the experience: You're trying to solve a problem or come up with a new idea. You've been sitting at your desk, or discussing it in meetings, but you haven't come up with a solution or the...
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Beyond the Water Cooler: New Way for Introverts to Connect
I love “firsts,” and here’s one for introverts: the Georgia Institute of Technology is offering its employees an employee resource group (ERG) specifically for introverts. According to Tech’s website,...
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Singles Humor: Funny or Not?
Have you heard of the Office Kid? I wrote about that here a few years ago. The kid is actually a kit, with a picture you can put on your desk, along with some adorable kiddy art work, to have your own...
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Why The SAT Needs To Be Harder
Everyone is now discussing the new SAT overhaul. Much focus seems to be on specific test content changes. However, at least in selective college admissions, one aspect of the test remains ignored:...
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The Modern American Family: How Well Are They Sleeping?
The National Sleep Foundation has released its annual Sleep in America Poll. This year, the poll examines sleep in the modern American family. How well—or not—are parents and children sleeping today?...
View ArticleADHD Diagnosis Rate Up 42% Over Last Decade
The diagnosis of ADHD has been getting a lot of media attention lately over concerns about possible overdiagnosis and overtreatment. A recent study from the Center for Disease Control’s (CDC) National...
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Does Plastic Surgery Improve Emotional Well-Being?
Recently, the moral debate concerning plastic surgery was brought forcibly back into the limelight during the Oscars when formerly attractive actress Kim Novack (currently 81 years of age) appeared on...
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Parenting After the Loss of a Child
“The challenge that parents face is this: In the midst of grief, how do you stop parenting the deceased child while you are simultaneously struggling to meet the parenting needs of the children who...
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