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An exploration of the serious/fun/ridiculous - past/present/future of the brain and the science that loves it.
The Omnibrain is a psychology graduate student at an online university. He hopes that the three weeks and $29.95 that he is spending on his Ph.D. will get him a job at a Tier 1 research university. Do online universities have postdocs? Ok...just kidding, The Omnibrain is a real graduate student at a real school somewhere in the continental United States - or maybe Europe.
April 30, 2007
Category: Psychology
If you believe that a name can have an impact on how people treat you, your future career and if you also like math you should name your daughter (or change your name) to something further down this list: Isabella 1.21 Anna 1.04 Elizabeth 1.02 Emma 0.97 Jessica 0.93 Samantha...
Posted by The Omnibrain at 12:08 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Neuroscience
Clearly, washing your hair isn't going to have any effect since I highly doubt that your Head and Shoulders is going to sink through your scalp, through bone, through your meninges and then go straight to the source of your seizures. But hey! If you can get your local neurosurgeon...
Posted by The Omnibrain at 11:23 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Biology
Now this week migraines are causing brain damage that potentially can lead to strokes.
Posted by The Omnibrain at 11:07 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
April 29, 2007
Category: Chatter
blogs blogs and more blogs
Posted by The Omnibrain at 5:11 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
April 27, 2007
Category: Video
Braiinnnzzzzz... and a skull - video, pic, etc.
Posted by The Omnibrain at 5:28 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
April 26, 2007
Category: Neuroscience
It looks like Slate, over the next few days, is going to have a series of articles on some yummy looking neuroscience! Here's a few details: Welcome to "Brains!", Slate's special issue on mind science and the state of neuro-culture. Over the next few days, we'll present a series of...
Posted by The Omnibrain at 10:59 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Academia
Cool events coming up, including "Mind"
Posted by The Omnibrain at 10:25 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Academia
Retrospectacle and the EFF need help.
Posted by Sandra Kiume at 8:00 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
April 25, 2007
Category: Psychology
Overall people with higher IQ's tend to earn a bit more income (1 IQ pt. = $202-$616 more per year) but when you factor in total wealth (I believe that how much bling you have was the measure) and how likely people were to have financial difficulties the correlations fell...
Posted by The Omnibrain at 10:43 AM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
April 24, 2007
Category: Animals
A brand new discovery in doggy linguistics - Asymmetric tail-wagging.
Posted by The Omnibrain at 9:30 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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