One of the bennies of traveling is that one can get some unique local perspectives on larger current issues, which can be so rich when one just happens to be in such a culturally and educationally stimulating region like New England. So, as I was on a hotel treadmill listening...

Like you all, I am both oddly perturbed that Congressman Weiner's sexting scandal is front page news and mildly intrigued. No, not from some perverted visual curiosity of the inappropriate pictures, but from a neuroscience side -- this incident, for me, is rich with key commentaries about:

- Human Decision...

This past week a wonderful article entitled "NFL is Head-Serious About Safety" written by noted sports columnist Rick Telander came out in the Chicago Sun Times. In this excellent call-to-action piece of press, he tells the story of the NFL becoming more attuned to the subtle yet substantial effects that...

When news hit recently about the unnerving release of nearly 250,000 sensitive and top secret cables via the whistle blower website, WikiLeaks, the White House acted fast to do damage control, and understandably so. Representatives from 186 countries were contacted by the administration in attempts to manage the unintended consequences...

When news of nutrition professor Mark Haub's amazing junk food only 27 pound weight loss over two months hit the airwaves, I know I scratched my head. And making that spot a bit red, I scratched some more when I heard that not only he lost the weight but that...

Recently CNN reported some fascinating statistics on the problem of obesity in America. In essence, two-thirds of all Americans are either overweight or obese. This is staggering given that back in 1985 no state (as reported to the CDC) had an obesity rate greater than 1 in 10...

Beware. What is about to follow has nothing to do with being a Republican or a Democrat and yet has everything to do with the reality of Washington D.C. and the world as we know it.

That is, the brain's reality of information processing, especially when we are hard pressed...

Once upon a time, in the wake of the impending nomination of Elana Kagan and the slew of email communications being released, townspeople began to wonder: What is the process or criteria of evaluation for assessing the email content? ....

But as with all fanciful ideas, we do wake...

When I first heard of the 40 year marriage between Al and Tipper Gore coming to the end, a flash of memories came back to me from my psychotherapy days of listening to countless stories of marriages figuring out their emotions of mis-fit. And like a Hollywood script, there were...

Like most of America, my stomach has turned watching the ungodly effects of the massive oil spill in the Gulf. And just when you thought you couldn't take the political and corporate games anymore, the selfless American spirit surfaced and has taken the air of hopelessness that has choked us...