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jake-head-shot.jpgJake Young is a MD/PhD student at Mount Sinai School of Medicine focusing in Neuroscience. He is due to graduate in 2032. He received a BS and a MS in Biological Sciences from Stanford University -- where he spent most of his time drinking heavily and building vegetable catapults instead of learning information that would now be eminently useful. When he is not failing terrifically to perform his sworn duties, he enjoys watching bad movies, ethnic food, and running.

Pure Pedantry is a blog about science -- social sciences and otherwise -- as well as academic and scientific culture. No one can live on science alone, so I also like to dwell on pop culture, periodically explore the humanities, and indulge in other types of geeky goodness.

Jake is joined periodically by two wonderful guest bloggers: Kara Contreary and Kate Seip. See the About Page.

DISCLAIMERS: 1) Jake Young is not a licensed physician (yet). He is merely a medical student. The information published on this site is not intended for use in medical decision making. Please seek advice from a licensed, medical professional before making any health decisions. 2) The opinions expressed are my own or those of my co-bloggers. They do not represent the views of SEED magazine or the educational establishments we currently attend.

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Carnivals:

Encephalon is up

Encephalon is up at Neuroanthropology....

Encephalon 47

Encephalon 47 is up at Channel N. Thanks Sandra! The best of it is a video describing equipment for measuring the flight of tethered fruit flies. You can train them do to all manner of things but changing the visual...

Encephalon #46 is up

Encephalon #46 is up at the Neurocritic. My favorite: if you haven't read Chris's post how on hyperbolic discounting reflects distorted time perception, you need to. It is genius....

Encephalon #45 is up

Encephalon #45 is up at Podblack Blog....

Encephalon 43

Encephalon 43 is up at GNIF Brain Blogger....

Encephalon 41

Encephalon has a particularly good crop of brainy goodness this issue, so let's get started. Mind Hacks looks at a fascinating case of a man with unstoppable hiccups because he has Parkinson's disease. Neuroscientifically Challenged looks at the possibility of...

Gimme, gimme (submissions to Encephalon)

I am hosting Encephalon next week on Monday (March 17th). If you would like to submit a neuroscience-related post to this carnival, email it to encephalon [dot] host {at} gmail [dot] com. I will be writing it on Sunday night,...

Encephalon is Up

The reignited Encephalon is up at Sharp Brains. The next Encephalon is being hosted on March 3rd at Mind Hacks. Email encephalon{dot}host{at}gmail{dot}com to submit....

Important Announcement #2: Encephalon is Back

You may remember Encephalon, a biweekly neuroscience carnival, that we used to participate in regularly. Well, it kind of lapsed there for a bit because the organizer, Mo, was very understandably busy with other things. Sharp Brains has graciously agreed...

Encephalon #30

Encephalon #30 is up at Neurofuture....

Encephalon 26 at New Neurophilosophy

Encephalon 26 is now up at the new and improved Neurophilosophy blog. Happily the Neurophilosopher has now joined Scienceblogs. Welcome!...

Encephalon #24

Encephalon #24 is up at The Phineas Gage Fan Club....

Accepting Submissions for Encephalon 17

I am hosting Encephalon on Monday February, 26th. You can submit to Encephalon by emailing me at jamesjyoung [at] gmail {dot} com, by no later than 7 pm on Sunday night. Thanks....

Grand Rounds, vol. 3 no. 22

Hi everyone, and welcome to Grand Rounds, vol. 3 no. 22. The Oscars are this Sunday, and -- since I know we all look forward to this yearly 4-hour marathon of farcical self-absorption -- this edition of Grand Rounds will...

Reminder: Submit to Grand Rounds by 7 pm tonight

Just a brief reminder, Grand Rounds will be hosted here tomorrow. Submit your medicine-related posts to me no later than 7 pm this evening if you would like them to be included....

Accepting Submissions for Grand Rounds

Hi everyone. Grand Rounds is up at Chronic Babe. Grand Rounds is being hosted here next week on Tuesday. The theme will be Oscars-related, but I won't be giving preference to any particular type of medical piece. Just send me...

Encephalon 16 is up

Encephalon 16 is up at Mind Hacks....

Encephalon #15 is up

Encephalon #15 is up at Sharp Brains....

Encephalon 14

Encephalon 14 is up at Mixing Memory....

Encephalon #11

Encephalon #11 is up at The Mouse Trap. Next Encephalon is on December 4th. Submission details here. The next Synapse is on December 26th at Dr. Deborah Serani's blog. Submission details here....

Encephalon #10

Encephalon #10 is up at A Blog Around the Clock....

The Synapse #8

The Synapse #8 has been capably posted at Mind Hacks. Thanks guys. Haven't figured out where the next Synapse will be. If you would like to host email me. I will let you know when I know....

Reminder: Submit to the Synapse

The Synapse #8 is being hosted at Mind Hacks on Sunday. Make sure to get your submissions in before Saturday night so that they have time to read them. Details here....

Encephalon #7

Encephalon #7 is up at OmniBrain. Remember to submit to the Synapse this weekend to be hosted at Mind Hacks....

Encephalon #6 is Up

Encephalon #6 is up at Retrospectacle....

Reminder: Submit to Encephalon

Remember to submit to Encephalon for Monday. Shelley is hosting it. Submission details here....

Encephalon #5 is up

Encephalon #5 is up at Developing Intelligence....

Encephalon #4 is Up

Encephalon #4 is up at the Neurocritic....

Synapse #4

Wasn't here to mention it yesterday, but the Synapse #4 is available at Neurotopia. The next Synapse is on August 20th at Retrospectacle. Submission guidelines here....

Reminder: Submit to the Synapse #4

The Synapse #4 is being hosted by Neurotopia on Sunday. He asks that you get your submissions in by midnight on Saturday. Information for submitters is available here....

Carnivals

I have been falling down on the job on my carnivals updating. Encephalon #3 is up at Thinking Meat. Grand Rounds is up at Inside Surgery....

Grand Rounds

Grand Rounds is up at Medical Humanities....

Synapse #3

Synapse #3 is up at The Neurophilosopher's Blog. Thanks to everyone that submitted. The next Synapse is at Neurotopia, hosted by fellow Scienceblogger Evil Monkey. It is on August 6th. Submission guidelines here....

Reminder: The Synapse #3 on Sunday

Reminder: The Synapse #3 is being hosted on Sunday at The Neurophilosopher's Blog. Submission information is available here....

Tangled Bank is up

Tangled Bank #58 is up at Salto Sobrius....

Grand Rounds is Up

Grand Rounds is up at ChronicBabe. It is also all about the ladies, and it is pink. I do not believe the two are necessarily related....

Encephalon #2

Evil Monkey from Neurotopia posts on face blindness or prosopagnosia, and how they have found a gene that results in a heritable form. They have not, to my knowledge, found a gene for why I can't remember the girl who...

Reminder: Encephalon 2

Just a reminder that I am accepting submission for the other neuroscience carnival on the web called Encephalon. It is due to be published on July 17th (Monday). If possible, please get me the submissions by Sunday night. You can...

The Synapse #2

The Synapse #2 is up at A Blog Around the Clock. The next Synapse is to be hosted by The Neurophilosopher's Blog on July 23rd. Submission guidelines are here....

Tangled Bank #56

A new Tangled Bank is up at E3 Information Overload....

Grand Rounds

Grand Rounds is up at RangelMD....

Encephalon #1 is up

The first issue of another neuroscience carnival called Encephalon is up. Coturnix at A Blog Around the Clock will be hosting the next The Synapse on July 9. Submission guidelines here. Also, I will be hosting the next Encephalon on...

Pediatric Grand Rounds

Pediatric Grand Rounds is up....

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