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We are in final edits on a cute little video showing some of the fun stuff people do to celebrate Brain Awareness Week, which this year will be March 15–21. It’s my first foray into video-making since the early 1980s, and I am quite a bit rusty, so this will be an “unauthorized” version, but [...]

Posted 28 January 2010 † nickyp § Brain science § Learning § Playing ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Be an Early Reviewer: Treating the Brain

Here’s another chance to read and review a Dana Press book before it’s released to the general public. July’s title is TREATING THE BRAIN: WHAT THE BEST DOCTORS KNOW, by top neuroscientist Walter Bradley.

Even in this information age, people dealing with often-serious neurological problems face the daunting task of finding accurate, credible and understandable information—the [...]

Posted 09 July 2009 † nickyp § Brain science § Marketing § Reading ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Illness as social change

The first discussion at the inaugural annual meeting of the Neuroethics Society today, on the neuroethics of pediatric bipolar disorder, felt a little like déjà vu to me. 
Fifteen to 20 years ago, nearly no child was labeled bipolar, said panelist Benedetto Vitiello of the National Institute of Mental Health; since then the number of diagnoses [...]

Posted 13 November 2008 † nickyp § Brain science ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Easy listening

One of my favorite monthly podcasts is Nature NeuroPod, done by Kerri Smith for Nature.com. (dana.org sponsors the podcasts, wisely leaving the hard work to the experts.) The only drawback for me had been the length of the podcast: Finding 30 straight minutes to pay close attention to scientists talking can be a challenge. But [...]

Posted 03 September 2008 † nickyp § Brain science ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,