Neurontic covers breakthroughs in neuroscience and psychology and is designed to give laypeople a window into the inner workings of the human mind. Orli Van Mourik is a freelance journalist in New York City. Her work has appeared in Psychology Today Magazine .
January 30, 2007
Category: Blog Carnival
I'm a day late to the party, but I wanted to draw your attention to the latest edition of Encephalon, which is being hosted by the folks at Sharp Brains. I was particularly intrigued by The Neurophilosopher's review of Jonathan...
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January 28, 2007
Category: Silly Science
This week in Silly Science: *Attractive young psychology professor is stunned to discover that "it sucks to be rejected based on how you look." Three new studies spearheaded by University of Buffalo Assistant Professor Lora Park provide the "first known...
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January 19, 2007
Category: Just Plain Cool
I was so struck by Adam Penenberg's recent article in Fast Company that I'm going to break my own rule and direct your attention to a totally non-brain related topic: The future of touch screens. I'm no technofetishist, but even...
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January 16, 2007
Category: Anthology
Thanks to the herculean efforts of A Blog Around the Clock's tireless Bora Zivkovic, the newly-minted Science Blogging Anthology, The Open Laboratory, is now available for purchase! Featuring 50 stellar science posts from 2006, The Open Laboratory's contributors range from...
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January 11, 2007
Category: Emotion
A couple of months ago a friend of mine recommended I pick up Richard Power's new novel The Echo Maker. "It's right up your alley," he said, "It's all about a man suffering from a bizarre brain condition." I added...
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January 5, 2007
Category: Commentary
(Information and statistics purloined from The Edge's 2007 World Question ) Violence has declined precipitously over the course of recent human history, says Chris Anderson, curator of the TED Conference. According to the 2005 Human Security Report "the number of...
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