Why is culture so important?
There is so much to think about in this one question. I referenced Culture Health and Illness, by Cecil Helman, in my book How the Brain Thinks, when I talked briefly about context. Helman was a General Practitioner in London and Professor of Medical Anthropology at Brunel University, Uxbridge, England and a Senior Lecturer in the […]
Brain Activity Data – a new Prediction Tool?
The future has always been hard to predict. But what if the best prediction tool is actually our own brain waves?
Does Time exist in the Brain?
In my book How the Brain Thinks, I discuss the nature of time and its effect on thinking. Time—that elusive, invisible, swirling river that flows around us and through us, coming with us on our journey. Or so we have come to think. Time is the unbeatable, the imperceptible and the unknown. It can be […]
The Medial Frontal Cortex and the flexible use of Memory in Decision Making
How do we make sense of information? The medial frontal cortex accesses memory on demand, when its needed to make a decision
Feelings and Politics-how to engage and win an election
How the way we feel determines the way we vote
Exercise and the Brain
Exercise improves brain function
Probability and Frequency- what to use?
The different ways we can se the same information
Emotion – at the hidden heart of thinking
The value function curve. By Lauren Rosenberger I was blobbed out on the couch watching the end of L.A. Story when the narrator’s phrase struck: ‘Why do we never know when we’ve found love, but we always know when we’ve lost it?’ I was struck, because I knew the answer. And it’s to do with […]
The psychological effects of isolation and quarantine.
The psychological effects of isolation and quarantine
Genes influence structure of cerebral cortex
How much of the variability of brain structure and function relates to genetics?
