Are Human Brains Unique?

4/14/08. Michael Gazzaniga, Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Santa Barbara and head of the SAGE Center for the Study of the Mind addresses this question. Professor Gazzaniga is a distinguished neuroscientist, gifted teacher, and mentor to many students. He is the author of award winning books such as The Social Brain, Mind Matters, and Nature's Mind.

http://www.edge.org/documents/archive/edge242.html#hb

My Friend Benny

4/10/08. My friend Benny recently told me: "Thank God for the institution of marriage --- otherwise we'd be fighting with strangers." Benny was born on 10/10/10 --- lives alone, has many interests, loves sports, good food, cherishes his family and friends, and has the best sense of humor of any human being I know (scroll to page 10 on link). In this article I refer to George Vaillant. Dr. Vaillant is a Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard, and spent his life charting adult development. His many books include The Natural History of Alcoholism, and Aging Well.

http://www.michpsych.org/newsletters/4th_qtr_07_newsletter.pdf

How Much Progress Have Psychology and Psychiatry Really Made?

4/8/08. Psychologists, psychiatrists, among others discuss the above question.

http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/08/how-much-progress-have-psychology-and-psychiatry-really-made-a-freakonomics-quorum/

Bipolar Disorder in Children and Adolescents

4/8/08. This is a teaching case of a child with bipolar disorder.

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/572159

Women and ADHD

4/6/08. This is my letter to the American Psychological Association's Monitor on Psychology about women and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. On the link, scroll down to "Women and ADHD."

http://www.apa.org/monitor/apr03/letters.html

The Way We Age Now

4/6/08. Atul Gawande is a general surgeon at the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, and an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School. He is the author of two books: Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science; and Better, a Surgeon's Notes on Performance.

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/04/30/070430fa_fact_gawande?printable=true

What the New Atheists Don't See

4/6/08. Theodore Dalrymple is a British psychiatrist and writer who has most recently practiced in a British inner-city hospital and prison. He is the author of three books: Life at the Bottom; Our Culture, What's Left of It; and Romancing Opiates. Pharmacological Lies and the Addiction Bureaucracy. " These books are a collection of his essays --- incisive, impatient with humbug, and thought-provoking, controversial observations.

http://www.city-journal.org/html/17_4_oh_to_be.html

Thomas Sowell --- On being liberal, conservative, and the nature of man.

4/4/08. Economist Thomas Sowell offers his compelling visions of human nature embedded in our political beliefs.

http://www.aei.org/publications/pubID.23586,filter.all/pub_detail.asp

THE SCIENCE OF HAPPINESS: A Talk with Daniel Gilbert

4/3/08. Daniel Gilbert is Professor of Psychology at Harvard University. He is the author of the recently published Stumbling on Happiness.

http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/gilbert06/gilbert06_index.html

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Marriage

4/2/08. Some facts about marriage that may surprise you.

http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/gallagher200602230759.asp

What Do You Believe Is True Even Though You Cannot Prove It?

4/2/08. 120 science-minded contributors answer the above question.

http://www.edge.org/q2005/q05_print.html

Psychiatric Misadventures

4/1/08. This article is one of my favorites. Paul McHugh, M.D., former long-time chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins, writes about common errors in psychiatric thinking.

http://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/mchugh.htm

Kid Turns 70 and Nobody Cares

4/1/08. Joseph Epstein writes about turning 70.

http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/013/187mcmga.asp