Dan has been making a lot of comments and asking a lot of questions, and I thought I'd take a...
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I think, therefore I am
October 15, 2021
There are several highly-ordered neurological representations of the surfaces of your body within a cortical region called "S1", which occupies...
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Pride in reading
September 20, 2021
In an earlier blog, I recommended that you look at "Children of the Code" as a reference for gaining a...
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Red, red wine
August 15, 2021
Alcohol is our best-studied neurotoxin. You can pickle a brain in booze. At somewhat lower concentrations that are quite easily...
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What’s in your DNA?
July 15, 2021
James B. Watson, the genetics pioneer, is the first individual in the history of the universe to have his DNA...
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A great resource for a general understanding of dyslexia, and its human and societal impacts
June 15, 2021
David Boulton's "Children of the Code" is a wonderful, general resource for educating yourself, a class, a teaching staff, your...
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How can we help our brain-traumatized soldiers and vets? Nancy raises a ‘call for ACTION’.
May 1, 2021
Nancy Martin-Crisco wrote a heart-rending response to a blog I posted ("How to get PTSD. Twice. Worse.") that you all...
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Ethics class
April 1, 2021
I delivered a lecture about ethical considerations related to the neuroscience of brain plasticity to a class at Stanford last...
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