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The Corpus Callosum is an occasional journal of armchair musings, by a suburban, reality-based, slightly-left-of-center guy, who reserves the right to be highly irregular at times. Topics: social commentary, neuroscience, politics, science news. Mission: to develop connections between hard science and social science, using linear thinking and intuition; and to explore the relative merits of spontaneity vs. strategy.
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July 29, 2009
Category: Photos of Interest
The Knowsley Safari Park wants their visitors to know that the babbons are smart. They have figured out how to open car-top cargo carriers. This is not actually a candid photo. It was staged, in order to educate the visitors...
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 9:08 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
July 27, 2009
Category: Psychiatry
Natalie Angier has another interesting article in the NYT. In the article, she discusses the meaning of the word behavior. Apparently, this all came from the realization that even standard works on the subject did not contain a "point-by-point definition." ...
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 9:09 AM • 11 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
July 26, 2009
Category: Humor
Alabama has decide to not allow a particular wine to be sold. The reason is that the label contains "some nudity." MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- A wine label showing a nude nymph is too much for Alabama's liquor control agency, which...
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 4:18 PM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
July 25, 2009
Category: Photos of Interest
We grow catnip in the garden outside the home-office window. Our cat likes to lay in front of the window, and stare wistfully at the catnip. But today, he saw something unexpected. The neighbor's cat was laying in the catnip....
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 11:01 PM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
July 24, 2009
Category: Armchair Musings
The Pantone color of the year for 2009 happens to be: PANTONE 14-0848 Mimosa. Something about this captured my attention. I was casually sipping from the Internet firehose when I encountered this tidbit of information. Why, I wondered, would...
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 7:33 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
July 23, 2009
Category: Social Commentary
This is one of those sickening things that is all too common: Tucumcari police chief Tasers 14-year-old Girl recovering after dart surgically removed from her head Friday, Jul 3 2009, 7:08 pm By Chelle Delaney: Freedom New Mexico...
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 8:43 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
July 22, 2009
Category: Humor
I got a kick out of this illustration. It's from the coloring book at Neuroscience for Kids, showing what neuroscientists look like: Neuroscience for Kids (link to pdf coloring book) Neuroscience for Kids (link to website)...
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 11:31 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
July 21, 2009
Category: Chatter
AnnArbor.com (HT: Edward Vielmetti) has a youtube time-lapse video at the Ann Arbor Art Fairs. Get the whole thing, compressed into 177 seconds: This probably is the very best way to experience it. I still remember going to the first...
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 7:20 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
I was off-line for several days, because the modem toasted itself. I didn't do it, honest! It had been acting up for a couple of weeks, causing random "web site not found" errors. If it happened very much, I'd reboot...
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 1:19 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
July 16, 2009
Category: Psychiatry
A friend sent me a link to an article about the upcoming fifth edition of the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual. The article speaks of flaws in the process, and warning of dire "unintended consequences." A Warning Sign...
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 9:10 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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