Every February, we host “I Love My Job” to highlight the positive aspects of work. We received submissions from people across the country who told…
Posts published in March 2018
Every February, we host “I Love My Job” to highlight the positive aspects of work. We received submissions from people all across the country who…
Have you ever wondered about how an alien’s brain works? What kind of information-processing system they may have and how it may differ from ours?…
Neurobotany: A Drastically Different Approach To Information Processing And Communication In Plants?
Can plants think? We would have confidently said “No!” just a few decades back. But now we know that even plants have specific information-processing abilities,…
The NIMH Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) unit holds monthly virtual “office hours” via video conference. Discussion topics may include the basic principles of the initiative,…
On most subjective and socially desirable dimensions, we tend to exhibit self-serving bias. We perceive ourselves as more moral than most others, healthier than others,…
My colleague, Lindsay Root Luna, has new data showing that virtues correlate. People’s scores intercorrelate on scales assessing humility, justice, wisdom, forgiveness, gratitude, hope, and…
Omega fatty acids are well known to be important for the normal functioning of our body. These fatty acids are essential for the formation of…
In the aftermath of the mass murder at a Florida high school, gun safety advocates reminded us that countries and states with the most guns…
Depression, schizophrenia and autism spectrum disorder share some of the same patterns of suspect gene expression – molecular signatures. Source: NIH