Trouble in Mind

Creative writers often say that their stories -- at least during those precious peak times of creation -- almost seem to write themselves. Neuroscientists have yet to discover how the creative writing process works, but one thing is certain; writing is one of the best and most pleasurable exercises we can do for our brain. Read More

Dancing, especially freestyle dancing, may be the best thing you can do to keep your brain as well as your body fit and healthy into old age. It also makes you happy! Read More

Every heart grieves for the victims and families of the Connecticut shooting, but for many non-US citizens, the Second Amendment to the US Constitution is crazier than any psychotic mass murderer. Read More

The “right to die” debate is always emotional and controversial, and rightly so. Do you dare to think about it in case, one day, it becomes your personal issue? Read More

Pain is experienced by the brain and not by the injured body part or phantom limb. Cognitive behavior therapy, visualization of movements, and mirrors can relieve pain suffered by chronic pain patients and amputees who experience painful phantom limbs, by re-programming the brain’s malfunctioning pain control center. Read More

You don’t have to be knocked out cold to get a concussion. If you get a knock on the head, and you still feel tired and grumpy two weeks afterwards, see your doctor! The post-concussional syndrome can be successfully treated with simple behavioral strategies, but the longer you leave it, the harder it becomes. Read More

Patients who have right parietal damage and suffer from left hemineglect will often copy only the right half of a drawing, eat the food off only the right side of their plate and disown their left limbs. Read More

Elvis was such a giant figure to young people in the mid-1950's that the global amnesic, Henry Molaison (HM) remembered some muddled information about him even although he could consciously remember little else from eleven years before his brain surgery in 1953. Elvis was first heard on the radio in 1954. Read More

Teenage brains are like adult brains after four glasses of wine. But without the wine effect the teen is less likely to take the risks necessary to move out of home and into adulthood. Read More

Everyone is curious about how their mind works. Given that the brain is the most complex system on earth, and perhaps even in the universe, most people think that learning about it would be beyond them. Wrong! Here are some bullet points about the human brain and how it works that will give you a head start! Read More