You’ve all heard it takes two to tango. And it certainly takes two (or more) to argue. And now, apparently it really does take two to have a conversation. Stephens et al. “Speaker–listener neural coupling underlies successful communication” PNAS, 2010.
Anyone who follows Sci’s twitter feed (you can grab it in the upper right of the blog! Is that a cute feature or what!) will know that Sci LOVES her scones. And cake. And cupcakes. And croissants. Basically, I love baked goods. They are made of awesome and win. I was listening to a podcast […]
As all you happy neuroscience geeks know, the annual Society for Neuroscience (SfN) meeting is fast approaching! Sci wishes desperately she were going, but right now it looks like only the powers of the science gods could get her that coveted late-breaking abstract, for the science doth not smile upon this young post-doc. But that […]
Greetinges, all ye who enter here. Beholde, before you doth appear A moste unusual carnivale! And this one hath a grand moral. This speakes of fools, failures and fraudes. Those findings no longer we applaude. So some One, come ALL! Science large and smalle Right here is one displaye The good the bad, the happy […]
You know, a lot of people do various “jams”. Sci doesn’t do jams. Well, ok, I love blackberry. But in general I don’t think any of the music I listen to qualifies as a “jam”. Anyway, Mr. S took me a little bit ago to see Arcade Fire in concert! It was a bit of […]
I’m sure that most people know that anorexia occurs more often in women than in men, though overall in about 0.3-0.6{9f43b4361d9a125bc126dd2a2d1949be02545ec69880430bc4fed2272fd72da3} of the population. What a lot of people DON’T know is that anorexia nervosa is a highly heritable disease. In fact, cases of anorexia nervosa have been reported as early as the 16th century […]
Everytime I think of “I’m on a card”, I either think of “I’m on a boat” or “I’m on a cart” (I’m on a CARD and…it’s really COOL and…I’ve got a science card themed-pashmina AFGHAN…) (I’m on a CARD…ya!) Anyway, sure enough, Sci is on a CARD! AmeobaMike has been putting together science themed trading […]
Sci had a chance to blog an interesting paper on the value of cocaine in rats (as compared to nice stuff like sugar), and someone pointed out to her that the authors had done a follow up! I think what they found in this followup is really rather exciting and has some very interesting implications […]
…you know I always thought these memes were on livejournal or Facebook n’ stuff. I might have been tagged by Dr. Becca. Something about blogging with substance. Depends on the substance, say I. 🙂 And the meme is: “Sum up your blogging motivation, philosophy and experience in exactly 10 words.” To that I could say […]
Editor’s Selection Icon Sci may have mentioned before just how much she loves Mary Roach’s writing (warning, the webpage has a roach on the front. I’m warning you because if you’re like Sci and have a roach phobia, it can be…unpleasant. Just scroll down to the bottom of the screen and avoid it). Mary Roach, […]