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Scientific excuse for favorite snail jokes
Posted by David Dobbs on May 28, 2010 A press release about Snails on methamphetamines works for me. The story is about memory. The jokes are about snails: Snail Joke #1 A turtle gets mugged by a gang of snails. Cop is interviewing the turtle afterwards, still at the scene. Turtle still flustered. Cop asks, “Just start at the beginning.” “I don’t know,” says…
Kandel on camera
Posted by David Dobbs on February 14, 2010 I profiled neuroscientist Eric Kandel for Scientific American Mind a while back; a huge pleasure. Two things stand out. First, Kandel’s work makes a wonderful foundation for an understanding of neuroscience, as his mid-20th-century insights into the dynamics of memory underlie much of the discipline. Second, Kandel is a gas — gracious, funny, and stunningly…
Cool dips: long distance running; memory and plagiarism; scenery; and swine flu action
Posted by David Dobbs on July 10, 2009 Both Mind Hacks and Jonah Lehrer took interesting note — Jonah’s the longer, and a pretty nice summary itself — of the fascinating NY Times piece on ultramarathoner Diane Van Deren, who began running long distances after brain surgery removed much of her right temporal lobe. This gave her a great advantage: the lack of…