A provocative article in an Issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by Columbia researchers (Saxe, Malleret,...
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Second-language learning as brain exercise
January 1, 2019
While I was working in Mexico, my wife Diane spends much of each day in an immersion Spanish class. She...
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“What’s Normal?” The diagnosis of bipolar disorder in children is on the rise
December 1, 2018
In an article in an issue of the New Yorker, Jerome Groopman writes lucidly about the explosion in the diagnosis...
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Alvaro asked a tough question: How do you define SMART?
November 1, 2018
Alvaro asked this question as a comment after a blog entry discussed recent evidence that physical exercise contributes to academic...
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“WAR’S NEW WOUNDS. A shock wave of brain injuries”
October 1, 2018
That was the headline in a Washington Post article written by Ronald Glasser, published on Sunday, April 8, 2007. It...
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Reactions to a book about an autistic boy and his mom
September 1, 2018
Last month, I recommended a book called "Strange Son", written by a mother who struggled to communicate with, understand, and...
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A recommended book (for some readers)
August 1, 2018
"Strange Son", by Portia Iversen is a personal account of a very special individual (the co-founder of Cure Autism Now;...
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My own experiences at “brain fitness” exercises.
July 1, 2018
I was just training in BrainHQ this morning. Because I have been working on the development of these exercises over the...
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