Over the past decade, I have visited a large number of the great (and lesser) research institutions in the world...
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Drink, eat, and be merry!
February 4, 2008
You may have read (about a month ago) that a Cambridge University group tracked the life-spans of 20,000 Brits, as...
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Misconception (about the neurology of aging) 2
December 5, 2007
Memory (cognitive ability, executive control, motor control, whatever) resides in a place(s). If we fix that (those) place(s), we fix...
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A Top Ten List: Misconceptions, by scientists and the public, about the neurological bases of memory/cognitive losses in aging
November 2, 2007
In early October, I attended a meeting sponsored by the National Institute on Aging and the McKnight Foundation considering the...
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Why are Mexican-Americans more susceptible to PTSD?
November 1, 2007
Traveling in Mexico and observing the operation of Mexican families has brought a simple question to my mind: Why are...
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A traumatic-brain-injury success story
October 4, 2007
About two weeks ago, Posit Science was visited by a family who appeared to have greatly benefited from the use...
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PTSD as a modern invention
October 3, 2007
Like many of you, I have spent quite a few hours over the past 10 days watching the Ken Burns...
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Is bipolar disorder in childhood an emergent plague?
October 2, 2007
About a month ago, results from a NIMH-sponsored statistical study that determined the rate at which children were being labelled...
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