Michael Merzenich: Brain Plasticity offers Hope for Everyone

By Dr. Ginger Campbell | March 9, 2009 |

“What­ev­er you strug­gle with in a sense as it stems from your neu­rol­o­gy, the inher­ent plas­tic­i­ty of the brain gives you a basis for improve­ment. This is a way under­uti­lized and under-appre­­ci­at­ed resource that well all have.” Dr. Michael Merzenich on the Brain Sci­ence Pod­cast #54, 2/13/09. Recent­ly there has been grow­ing con­tro­ver­sy about the…

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On Being Certain: Believing You Are Right Even When You’re Not

By Dr. Ginger Campbell | August 18, 2008 |

Where does our “Feel­ing of Know­ing” come from? Have you ever felt cer­tain that you knew an answer even though you could­n’t think of it right off? Where does that “feel­ing of know­ing” come from? The answer to this ques­tion is the focus of neu­rol­o­gist Robert Bur­ton’s new book On Being Cer­tain: Believ­ing You Are…

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Brain Science: “Brain Rules” Podcast

By Dr. Ginger Campbell | July 2, 2008

We are fans of the Brain Sci­ence Pod­cast series host­ed by Gin­ger Camp­bell, so are pleased to announce that Dr. Camp­bell will start offer­ing to Sharp­Brains read­ers, peri­od­i­cal­ly, the high­lights of her most inter­est­ing pod­casts. Below, her first post. Enjoy! — Alvaro ———– In a recent inter­view on the Brain Sci­ence Pod­cast, Dr. John Med­i­na, author…

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