Click Here to Read: Review: Casey Schwartz’s ‘In the Mind Fields’ Considers the Brain, on the Couch and in the Lab
Books of The Times By Jennifer Senior in The New York Times on December 16, 2015.
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When Phrenology Was Used in Court
Click Here to Read: When Phrenology Was Used in Court: Lessons in neuroscience from the 1834 trial of a 9-year-old By Geoffrey S. Holtzman on the Slate Website on December 16, 2015.
In the 1830s, phrenology was just beginning to garner the veneer of legitimacy.
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The brains of men and women aren’t really that different, study finds
Click Here to Read: The brains of men and women aren’t really that different, study finds By Kate Wheeling on the Science website on November 30, 2015.
HIGHWAYSTARZ/ISTOCKPHOTO Researchers have identified several structural differences between the brains of men and women, but it’s impossible to tell the sex of an individual based solely on MRI images of the brain like the one above
This Is the Space Weather New Horizons Had to Fly Through to Get To Pluto—And It’s Very Strange
Fathers May Pass Down More Than Just Genes, Study Suggests
Click Here to Read: Fathers May Pass Down More Than Just Genes, Study Suggests by Carl Zimmer in The New York Times on December 3, 2015.
Scientists are investigating the epigenetics of fatherhood: how a man’s experiences can alter his sperm, and whether those changes in turn may alter his children.
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Neuroscientists Now Can Read the Mind of a Fly
What Is Evo Devo?
Click Here to Read: What Is Evo Devo? on the PBS.org website on October 26, 2009.
ll organisms undergo development from a single cell—here, a mouse egg after fertilization—into a fully formed individual. Within the relatively new field of evo devo, scientists are researching the evolution of this common developmental process.
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The new biggest thing in the universe, and why it’s a headache for scientist
Scientists just caught a black hole swallowing a star — and burping a bit back ou
Click Here to Read: Scientists just caught a black hole swallowing a star — and burping a bit back out By Rachel Feltman on The Washington Post on November 27, 2015.
An illustration shows a star torn up by a black hole’s strong gravity. The black hole is launching a powerful jet of matter into space. (NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center/Swift)
Video Series on Clinical Neuropsychology by Mark Solms
New video series by Mark Solms now available for viewing Introduction to Clinical Neuropsychology:
The Neuropsychological Examination
Just published on our website: a series of seminars delivered by Professor Mark Solms as part of the first year module of the Masters-level programme in Clinical Neuropsychology at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. The programme is taught from the perspective of the hypothetico-deductive approach to clinical assessment, as opposed to the psychometric approach.
Video 1 is available to all viewers. Membership in the International Neuropsychoanalysis Society is required to view the rest of the series.
To see the list of videos and begin watching, click here: Continue reading Video Series on Clinical Neuropsychology by Mark Solms