IQ ‘can change in teenage years’
Intellectual performance can both improve and deteriorate in adolescenceThe mental ability of teenagers can improve or decline on a far greater scale than previously thought, according to new research.
Until now the assumption has been that [...]
Betsy Lerner – How to get an agent
Writing Books for Readers Beyond Academe Harvard University Faculty Development & Diversity In the world of writing and publishing, “academic” is too often shorthand for — as one editor puts it — “lifeless prose, [...]
Profiles in Science | Michael S. Gazzaniga: Telling the Story of the Brain’s Cacophony of Competing Voices
Michael Gazzaniga: An interview with the neuroscientist and professor of psychology known for his studies, and stories, about the brain’s split personality.
The scientists exchanged one last look and held their breath.
Everything was [...]
Top Ten Myths About the Brain
When it comes to this complex, mysterious, fascinating organ, what do—and don’t—we know?
1. We use only 10 percent of our brains.This one sounds so compelling—a precise number, repeated in pop culture for a century, implying that we [...]
Heal Thyself or Die Trying
To self experiment or not?
Malaria: The rigor scared Stephen Hoffman. He had felt irritable and feverish all morning in his hotel room. Then, in the midst of a presentation at a meeting of the American Society for Clinical Investigation, he [...]
Explaining why belief in pseudoscience is often evidence resistant
What links belief in tarot cards, UFOs and vaccine rejectionism? Yes, they are all forms of superstitious or magical thinking, but are there characteristics that predict who will believe in such nonsense? That’s one of the questions that psychologists [...]
Full face transplant patient makes first appearance
Dallas Wiens, the nation’s first full face transplant patient, joined surgeons at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston in his first public appearance since the 15-hour procedure in March. He says his new face ‘feels natural.’
The [...]
Calif. woman shows off newly transplanted hand
For the first time in five years, Emily Fennell has two hands. The 26-year-old single mother, who lost her right hand in a car accident, showed off her newly donated hand Tuesday while flanked by a team of transplant doctors.
Wearing a protective [...]
Teens can fight depression using Internet
Internet can help teenagers fight depression, says a study by an Indian-origin researcher.
Interactive online mental health resources, along with traditional counseling, can help improve the mental health of teenagers, a study conducted by Dr [...]
Women’s brains wired differently is a myth
Theories that men’s and women’s brains are wired differently are a ‘myth’, says a leading neuroscientist.
A spate of bestselling books promotes the idea that there are structural differences between men’s and women’s [...]
