Erik Strand

Fight Fatigue with Your Fork

With busy lives and hectic schedules fatigue is often a constant companion to modern life. But how and what we eat can help keep us from getting tired.

Drug Abuse and the Foreign Born

Picking up the drug habit in the U.S. of A. Exposure to American culture may be the culprit.

False Visual Memories

People can be easily misled into thinking they've seen things they haven't seen. Because many of us use context to remember what we've seen, relevant images seem familiar.

Tryptophan: What Does It Do?

An amino acid that brings feelings of calm, relaxation, and sleepiness.

Nicotine-Like Drug Benefits Brain

Cotinine may aid memory, protect against dementia.

Wanted: Someone Better Than I

When looking for a mate, people don't just look for a good match; they look for someone better than themselves.

Q & A with Steven Pinker

Steven Pinker, Harvard-based proponent of evolutionary psychology, argues that misconceptions about human nature, such as the idea that we enter the world a "tabula rasa," may be detrimental to both scientific inquiry and society as a whole.

Teenage Trauma

Adolescent America and post-traumatic stress—why is it so common?

Good Marriage, Good Heart

How long-term relationships can protect your heart.

Fighting Fatigue with Diet

Though fatigue is poorly understood, food researchers know that a better diet can keep us energized throughout the day. Learn about the foods that help keep you feeling at your peak.

How the Brain Learns

Researchers have long held that learning and memory formation are made by the strengthening and weakening of connections among brain cells. Now they identify a signature protein involved in these processes.

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