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Faith Brynie Ph.D.

About

Faith Brynie, Ph.D., is the author of 25 books on science and health, including Brain Sense: The Science of the Senses and How We Process the World Around Us (Amacom 2009) and 101 Questions Your Brain Has Asked About Itself But Couldn't Answer... Until Now (revised edition, Twenty-First Century Books, 2008). She regularly writes science and health articles for several websites and science magazines. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Colorado. Over the course of her career, she has worked as a laboratory scientist, medical technician, teacher, and university professor. She's held jobs in the publishing industry ranging from copyeditor to editorial director. She lives in Bigfork, Montana.

Books by Faith Brynie Ph.D.
Recent Posts
50 Years of United States Presidential Scholars
A long-term study of the lives of U.S. Scholars from the 1960s offers important lessons for parents and teachers of gifted and talented children and teens. Educational researcher Felice Kaufman recently challenged some currently popular educational assumptions and practices when she spoke to a gathering of past Scholars, who were honored from 1964 through 2013.
Does Success Breed Success?
Suppose two individuals are equally motivated, equally talented, and equally well-positioned. If one of them gets a fortunate head start over the other, can a cascade of success ensue? Or are "lucky breaks" nothing more than pipe dreams and wishful thinking?
Why We Smell Much Better Than We Thought
Different odorants activate different combinations of receptors in the olfactory epithelium of the nose. Each individual combination acts as a sort of code that the brain deciphers to discriminate a scent. How many such codes can the brain crack? It turns out that the number is far larger than once thought.
How to Build a Better Batter
What happens when vision-research scientists set their sights to the baseball field? In a new study, vision training for some college sluggers improved their vision and won them some games. What’s more, the training may help all of us, whatever we demand of our eyes.
Can Coffee Improve Your Memory?

A new study shows that caffeine enhances memory—independent from its effects on alertness and attention.

A new study shows that caffeine enhances memory—independent from its effects on alertness and attention.

Researchers and Practitioners Disagree on Repressed Memory

Roughly 60-80 percent of clinicians, psychoanalysts, and therapists surveyed agreed to some extent that traumatic memories are often repressed and can be retrieved in therapy, compared to less than 30 percent of research-oriented psychologists.

Roughly 60-80 percent of clinicians, psychoanalysts, and therapists surveyed agreed to some extent that traumatic memories are often repressed and can be retrieved in therapy, compared to less than 30 percent of research-oriented psychologists.

False Memories in People With Superior Memory Abilities

Susceptibility to memory distortions is a fundamental part of having a human brain, say University of California-Irvine researchers. Even people with extraordinary memory capacities store—and report—false memories.

Susceptibility to memory distortions is a fundamental part of having a human brain, say University of California-Irvine researchers. Even people with extraordinary memory capacities store—and report—false memories.

Exercise During Pregnancy Aids Infant's Brain Development

A new study reveals that pregnant women can boost their baby's brain development with as little as 20 minutes of moderate aerobic exercise three times a week. Nothing strenuous needed. Simply walking in the third trimester can do the trick.

A new study reveals that pregnant women can boost their baby's brain development with as little as 20 minutes of moderate aerobic exercise three times a week. Nothing strenuous needed. Simply walking in the third trimester can do the trick.

How Anxiety and Depression Begin in a Child's Brain

A new study casts light on how negative events in childhood may alter brain circuitry and lead to symptoms of anxiety and depression.

A new study casts light on how negative events in childhood may alter brain circuitry and lead to symptoms of anxiety and depression.

How Does the Brain Assemble New Ideas from Old?

How does the human brain allow us to generalize things we have never seen before? Perhaps through a system that integrates the power of biology into a computer-like system.

How does the human brain allow us to generalize things we have never seen before? Perhaps through a system that integrates the power of biology into a computer-like system.