A Hippo on Campus

Here are my medicine, neuroscience and psychology ScienceSeeker Editor's Selections for the week: The Scorpion and the Frog's Miss Behavior sniffs out a study on the 'Smell of Fear'. Steven Novella discusses recent reports of the 'placebo gene' at Science-Based Medicine.  Scott McGreal from Eye on Psych unravels a new study looking at racial background and penis size. And Ferris Jabr discusses how DNA barcoding may help scientists map the brain. This post was written […]

Here are my medicine, neuroscience and psychology ScienceSeeker Editor's Selections for the week: Eye on Psych takes a two part look at the psychedelic world of Dimethyltryptamine (DMT) in 'DMT, Aliens and Reality Part 1 and Part 2. Gaines on Brains discusses the cons of our Facebook stalking ways.  And a number of bloggers take those trying to link vaccinations and shaken baby syndrome to task: David Gorski's piece 'The antivaccine lie that just won’t die: The claim […]

Here are my medicine, neuroscience and psychology ScienceSeeker Editor's Selections for the week: Psysociety's Melanie Tannenbaum explores the psychology behind 'Gangam Style'.   BrainBlogger, Jennifer Gibson discusses our new found attractions in 'Genlemen prefer brains'. Harriet Hall dissects 'The Obesity Paradox'. And Scicurious talks us through the latest IgNobel winning research:  How a dead salmon is changing the face of fMRI […]

Last Friday, September 21st, was World Alzheimer's Day and in keeping with recent tradition it was also the day that Alzheimer's Disease International released their 2012 Report. This year's report focused on the  stigma of dementia and included results from an international survey of people with dementia and carers as well as a collection of essays from people in the broader Alzheimer's community, including myself. A reproduction of my essay can be found below and the full World […]

Here are my medicine, neuroscience and psychology ScienceSeeker Editor's Selections for the week: NeoAcademic, Richard N. Landers, explores the link between a bad night's sleep and wasted hours on the web.   BrainBlogger, Katie Pratt talks cord-blood derived neurons. Scott McGreal from Eye on Psych discusses the science behind precognition, but I guess you already knew that... And Christian Jarrett explores that age-old question 'Does sleeping face-down induce more sexual […]