Closing In On A Theory of Consciousness?

7/30/14. The hard problem.


http://www.livescience.com/47096-theories-seek-to-explain-consciousness.html

We Live Our Lives in Stories

7/30/14. Once upon a time...


http://edge.org/conversation/the-way-we-live-our-lives-in-stories

The False ADHD Controversy

7/29/14.

http://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2013/12/should_we_stop_treating_adhd.html

The Unhappiest Cities in America

7/28/14. I wanna be happy, but I can't be happy...


http://news.ubc.ca/2014/07/21/unhappy-cities/

Why Does Sleeping In Make You More Tired?

7/28/14. Wake me up when you find out.


http://www.wired.com/2014/07/whats-up-with-that-why-does-sleeping-in-just-make-me-more-tired/

My Father, Fiddler, and the Left

7/27/14. If I were a rich man...

http://www.city-journal.org/2014/24_3_urb-joseph-stein.html

Do Women Like Nice Men?

7/26/14. Advice to some women:  Marry your second husband first.


http://www.newsweek.com/study-finds-men-nice-women-not-other-way-around-261269

TED: Summer Reading List

7/25/14.


http://blog.ted.com/2014/06/12/your-summer-reading-list-2014/

Is 7 Hours of Sleep Better Than 8?

7/23/14. The sleep experts weigh in.

My friend Benny used to say, "Sometimes I get so tired I sleep right through my nap."

http://online.wsj.com/articles/sleep-experts-close-in-on-the-optimal-nights-sleep-1405984970?mod=trending_now_1

How to Help the Mentally Ill?

7/22/14. No easy answers. Many wrong answers applied too often.


In the 1960's, we celebrated deinstitutionalization ("the myth of mental illness"), created the homeless population, protected patients' rights to be severely mentally ill,  made sure nobody forced them to take their medications, and watched while the mentally ill wrecked their lives and left their families heartbroken.



http://www.city-journal.org/2014/eon0721jp.html

Book Review of "A Literary Education and Others Essays" by Joseph Epstein

7/22/14.  What did the mother whale say to the baby whale?  "Be careful when you swim to the top. That's when the people start shooting at you."


Joseph Epstein is at the top of his game as a writer. This review confirms it.




http://lareviewofbooks.org/review/essayist-old-school#

Problems with the Popular Meyers-Briggs Personality Test

7/21/14. Sensible, coherent, and wrong.




http://www.vox.com/2014/7/15/5881947/myers-briggs-personality-test-meaningless

One of a Kind

7/21/14. What if your child had a condition new to science?  Science writer Seth Mnookin shines a bright light of this almost unbearable dilemma.


http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/07/21/one-of-a-kind-2?currentPage=all

Love People Not Pleasure

7/20/14. Learn to want what you have.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/20/opinion/sunday/arthur-c-brooks-love-people-not-pleasure.html?ref=todayspaper

Does Personal Responsibility Play a Role in Obesity?

7/19/14. Is there room for both understanding and personal responsibility?

http://www.city-journal.org/2014/24_2_obesity.html

The Mystery of Laughter

7/16/14. What's so funny?


http://chronicle.com/article/Whats-So-Funny-/147575/

The Trouble with Brain Science

7/12/14. With a million-billion connections between neurons, the brain is wider than the sky. Will we ever figure out how the brain works, and how the brain produces the mind?


http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/12/opinion/the-trouble-with-brain-science.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=c-column-top-span-region&region=c-column-top-span-region&WT.nav=c-column-top-span-region&_r=0

Voice and Attraction

7/11/14. It is not just what you say but how you say it.


http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/bering-in-mind/2014/07/10/voices-carry-signals-of-your-sexual-intent-and-reproductive-value/

Dealing with Your Partner's Infidelity

7/10/14. Six do's and don'ts in dealing with a partner's affair.




http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/love-and-sex-in-the-digital-age/201407/dealing-your-partners-infidelity-6-dos-and-donts

Why Teenages Act Crazy

7/9/14. What's the matter with kids today?


http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/29/opinion/sunday/why-teenagers-act-crazy.html?_r=0

The Abyss Between Two Heinous Episodes

7/8/14. Parents, children and war.


http://online.wsj.com/news/article_email/ruth-wisse-the-abyss-between-two-heinous-episodes-1404683221-lMyQjAxMTA0MDAwODEwNDgyWj

A Different Path to Fighting Addiction

7/7/14. Must the fight to stop addiction lead to abstinence?


http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/06/nyregion/a-different-path-to-fighting-addiction.html?_r=0

Is Madness the Essence of Creativity?

7/6/14. Nancy Andreasen, a psychiatrist and professor of English Literature, sheds light on the question.

http://www.theatlantic.com/features/archive/2014/06/secrets-of-the-creative-brain/372299/