Neuroscience

Ready to Measure Your Brain Fitness?

Alvaro Fernandez | Posted 07.14.2008 | Life


Alvaro Fernandez

Brain scientists don't recognize one overall "brain age" or "intelligence". We can view our brain functions or cognitive abilities as a variety of skills; there's no "brain age" that can be measured.

The Third Screen: Jonah Lehrer on the Future of Media

Vickie Karp | Posted 07.03.2008 | Entertainment


Vickie Karp

Why do people talk to their television sets? Have television and real life become hopelessly intertwined? I spoke with Jonah Lehrer, author of Proust Was A Neuroscientist, about these and other questions.

A Multi-Pronged Approach to Brain Health

Alvaro Fernandez | Posted 06.27.2008 | Life


Alvaro Fernandez

I interviewed Dr. Larry McCleary, the former acting Chief of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Denver Children's Hospital about how to nourish our brains.

Left Brain, Right Brain

Peter Clothier | Posted 05.14.2008 | Life


Peter Clothier

"Are you right- or left-brained?" is a silly question. Still, it seems clear that one side of the brain may predominate in each of us individually.

Junk Media: ABC News, Top Dogs, and Hard-Wiring

Dan Agin | Posted 04.24.2008 | Media


Dan Agin

ABC News either thinks people want to hear that human behavior is hard-wired or they themselves believe it and they want to convince the public they should believe it also.

Top 23 Brainy Books

Alvaro Fernandez | Posted 04.21.2008 | Life


Alvaro Fernandez

A decade after the so-called "Decade of the Brain" of the 90s, brain research has started to provide spectacular and thought-provoking findings.

Does Brain Imaging Make You Dumb?

Gary Marcus | Posted 03.22.2008 | Life


Gary Marcus

There's no denying that the pictures used for brain imaging studies look cool. But do they actually tell us anything?

The Brain Is Wider than the Sky, but It Can Feel the Music

Joseph LeDoux | Posted 10.15.2007 | Entertainment


Joseph LeDoux

I've written books that try to explain what we know about emotions and the brain to non-scientists. But lately I've been trying another approach -- through music.


 

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