Eating disorders like anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa are difficult psychiatric disorders. They are especially tragic because, while they may seem like just messed up eating, they are far, far more. Eating disorders have some of the highest rates of death of any psychiatric disease, as malnutrition puts the body at risk. When we think […]
Over at SciAm Blogs today, I’m talking about a new study in zebra finches, and how much, and how, they sing. Is it genes? Environment? Or did your dad teach you to sing like that? Head over and find out!
One of the most impressive things to see a ballet dancer do is SPIN. They go round and round and never seem to get dizzy! How do they do it? They alter their brains! I’m at SciAm blogs today showing how. Head over and check it out!
Sci is at SciAm blogs today, talking about optogenetics. One of my colleagues over there isn’t so enthusiastic. I rather disagree. Check out our arguments! I want to see who “wins”. 🙂 Head over and check it out.
Sci is at SciAm Blogs today, writing about exercise and sleep. We all think that exercise should make you sleep like a baby, but well…it may be that sleeping like a baby makes you exercise! Sort of. Head over and check it out. Note: The irony of this post being that I wrote it while […]
We’ve been hearing a lot about sugar lately. Every few years, a new bugbear of diet comes to haunt us. First it was fats. Then it was carbs. Now it’s sugars. Sometimes it’s gluten or cholesterol. And it’s pretty scary to see all the studies come out. I worried about my sugar intake, now I’m […]
Over at SciAm Blogs, I’m talking about a brand new technique called Arclight, which detects voltage changes in neurons, allowing you to watch as a neuron fires, in real time. It’s pretty cool, and there are videos! Head over and check it out!
Sci is at SciAm Blogs today, talking about anxiety and sleep. You know how it is, get stressed and anxious, stay up, get less sleep, the next day you’re less effective and even MORE stressed and anxious…well, it maybe the sleep loss catching up to you. Head over and check it out.
Make sure to check out the piece I wrote Friday for DoubleXScience. Aside from being a great site in their own right, they let me write a piece about Neurohype, Neuroskepticism, and the need for some Neuronuance. Heck, with enough of it, we might stop putting “neuro” in front of things. Head over and check […]
Whenever you get really stressed out, do you ever get the urge to just…run? Literally? Ok, maybe most of us run in the direction of the nearest bakery. But running (or otherwise doing long term exercise, probably not just a jog around the block) really can help with anxiety. But how does it work? […]