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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.
Corpus Callosum is written by a psychiatrist at a small community hospital somewhere in the USA. Email to cc.scienceblogger at gmail dot com.
October 31, 2009
Category: Armchair Musings
The world's largest shopping mall boasts some impressive statistics: 7.1 million square feet (659,612 square meters) of leasable space and 890,000 square meters of total floor space; attractions, including a roller coaster and a Venice-like canal; and over 1,500 shops,...
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 7:45 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
October 30, 2009
Category: Photos of Interest
It's not photoshopped, and it really was for the Windows 7 launch. The picture was taken in Sietes, Spain, which had been decorated for an advertisement for the event. In point of fact, the people of Sietes are not a...
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 9:32 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
October 29, 2009
Category: Chatter
In general, I try to be respectful of cultural groups, even ones that are rather aberrant. Somehow, though, I find it exceedingly difficult to muster any sympathy or respect for Scientology. By now, you probably have heard that Scientologists were...
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 8:49 AM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
October 26, 2009
Category: Psychiatry
In 2007, the American Psychological Association commissioned their Task Force on Appropriate Therapeutic Responses to Sexual Orientation. The background is this: early in the history of mental health treatment efforts, homosexuality was considered to be an illness. Therefore, it was...
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 9:08 AM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
October 25, 2009
Category: Humor
We used to see a lot of cartoons that portray a psychiatrist's couch. That is not so common anymore. When we do see them, they tend to be annoying. This is no different, because it is so unrealistic. No psychiatrist...
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 11:34 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
October 22, 2009
Category: Photos of Interest
The Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photography competition winners have been announced. (The spelling, Environnement, is correct; it's a French company.) The competition is operated by the Natural History Museum (London) and BBC Wildlife Magazine, sponsored by Veolia Environmental Services. The overall...
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 11:25 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
October 21, 2009
Category: Armchair Musings
I spend a lot of time working with gang kids. One of the amusing things, is to see some of these kids strutting around, feeling like a million bucks, because they are so smart. In actuality, they have IQs in...
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 7:28 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
October 19, 2009
Category: Photos of Interest
Sometimes I think I have difficult patients. Then I saw this: Yes, it is a gorilla in a CT scanner. The poor animal had mastoiditis; the scan was used prior to surgery. The surgery was successful. See The Big Picture...
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 7:55 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
October 16, 2009
Category: economy
Just goes to show how lobbying reform hasn't gone anywhere near far enough: Bank Lobbyists Are Not Only Trying to Kill NEW Legislation, They Are Trying to Weaken EXISTING Regulations By George Washington of Washington's Blog. Everyone knows that the...
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 7:47 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
October 13, 2009
Category: Environment
National Geographic reports on a new consequence of global climate change: giant, mucus-like sea blobs. They've been around for a while, actually, but now there are more of them. This is from the on-line article, Giant, Mucus-Like Sea Blobs on...
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 7:26 AM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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