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New Insight Into Aging Brains
The Wall Street Journal: Nearly a quarter of the changes often seen in a person’s intelligence level over the course of a lifetime may be due to genes, a proportion never before estimated, new research
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When Making Meaning of the World, the Brain is a Multi-tasker
How does the brain confer meaning on the things we perceive in the world? “Many of us favor the theory that, whether it comes in through the eyes or ears, through reading [or other stimuli]
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Neuroscience Pioneer Will Speak at APS Convention
Imagine waking up every morning for 50 years without any recollection of what you had done or whom you had met the day before. Henry Gustaf Molaison — known only as HM prior to his
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Study: Challenging seniors’ brains can also change their personality
CNN Health: We’ve all heard the adage “you can’t teach an old dog new tricks.” But new research reveals that you CAN teach an older adult how to improve their brain skills, with the added
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Depression Defies the Rush to Find an Evolutionary Upside
The New York Times: In certain quarters of academia, it’s all the rage these days to view human behavior through the lens of evolutionary biology. What survival advantages, researchers ask, may lie hidden in our
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13 Common (But Silly) Superstitions
LiveScience: If you are spooked by Friday the 13th, you’re in for a whammy of a year. This week’s unlucky day is the first of three for 2012. And it would come as no surprise
