In case you hadn’t heard, a UCLA researcher had his car firebombed recently. You can get the story here. The firebombing is one in a series of aggressive acts aimed at university researchers who use animals in medical studies, UCLA spokesman Phil Hampton said. In other cases, firebombs have been left on doorsteps and in […]
No, not where ARE you when you think of yourself. Where does it happen? What part of the brain? This question has become very important to the world of cognitive neuroscience recently. We used to think of self-reflection as taking place only in the prefrontal cortex. This would mean that only animals with a well-developed […]
Sigh. These friday weird science titles just keep getting worse and worse! But there’s really no other way to put this paper. And it kind of carries on the depression theme I’ve had going for the past few weeks. Well, kind of. Gallup et al. “Does semen have antidepressant properties?” Archives of Sexual Behavior, 2002. […]
I feel so famous. So why do I feel famous? Two reasons: 1) Dr. Pal mentioned Sci in his PalCast! It gave Sci a warm glow inside. The PalCasts are some great stuff, btw. All we need to do now is get them on my ipod (*cough cough* Pal, get on iTunes *cough cough*) so […]
First of all, a big warm welcome to Kim H, whose blog, All my faults are stress related, has just become the latest scienceblog! I hadn’t read her until now, but I love it already. So I’m sure you’ve all heard by now about that pink dolphin that was spotted a couple of times. It […]
Ok, the serotonin theory of depression may not be wrong. But it is definitely incomplete. One might ask why we use serotonergic drugs to treat depression if the theory behind it is wrong. A good question, but to this I say: because it worked. This is post four of my series on depression. For previous […]
I’ve had some sturm und drang over this post. I’ve been wanting to do a basic post on serotonin, but I’ve also been wanting to do a post on the serotonin theory of depression (and why it is at the very least incomplete). The idea of a serotonin post is a significant challenge, but the […]