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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.
Category: Psychiatry
The January 2010 American Journal of Psychiatry has two articles pertaining to the relationship between dietary practices and mental health. One article presents the results of a study; the other is an editorial. Association of Western and Traditional Diets With...
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 7:22 AM • 10 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Social Issues
I saw this headline on Google Fast Flip, and had to read it. I'm always game for an anti-big-pharma story: even though I appreciate their efforts to relieve suffering, I do like to take notice of their shadier practices. Is...
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 8:23 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Propaganda
...for canceling the showing of a creationist film, Darwin's Dilemma: The Mystery of the Cambrian Fossil Record. The background is on Greg Laden's Blog, Los Angeles Venue Cancels Intelligent Design Film: You'll recall that it was recently reported that the...
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 9:12 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Bioethics
I couldn't resist that title, but I must admit it isn't mine; the author's post is here. This is about the NYT article about the finding that children on Medicaid are more likely to be prescribed antipsychotic medication, compared to...
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 9:05 AM • 11 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Social Issues
I wrote about this before, a couple of times, most thoroughly here. I was reminded of this topic when I saw that the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) have updated their Report Card on America's Infrastructure. In 2008, I...
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 8:48 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Environment
Environmental regulations have greatly reduced the amount of sulfur in gasoline. This has created many benefits. But did you ever wonder what happens to all that sulfur? Perhaps not, if it was never clear to you why you should care....
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 2:16 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Politics
Is there some kind of especially violent undercurrent right now, in the right-wing river of hate? Ed Brayton just posted about a billboard put up by the GOP, specifically the Lafayette County (Missouri) Republicans: The sign (bigger view in new...
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 9:11 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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
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
Category: Bioethics
The topic of neural enhancement has created controversy. This came to wide attention in late 2007, upon the publication of various articles in Nature, as noted by Shelley Batts, Janet Stemwedel, David Dobbs, Daniel MacArthur, Scicurious and others. But so...
Posted by Joseph j7uy5 at 12:41 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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