Brain and Cognition Expert Contributors

By Alvaro Fernandez | May 5, 2008

As you have prob­a­bly noticed, a grow­ing num­ber of Expert Con­trib­u­tors are writ­ing in our blog, so that we can col­lec­tive­ly dis­cuss the lat­est research and trends on cog­ni­tive and brain health, and the impli­ca­tions of brain research in gen­er­al for our every­day lives.  If you haven’t done so already, make sure to sub­scribe to our…

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Good habits, and other memes

By Alvaro Fernandez | March 30, 2007 |

Meme: “The term “meme” (rhyming with “theme”), coined in 1976 by the biol­o­gist Richard Dawkins, refers to a “unit of cul­tur­al infor­ma­tion” which can prop­a­gate from one mind to anoth­er in a man­ner anal­o­gous to genes. If you haven’t read Dawkins’ clas­sic book The Self­ish Gene…it is nev­er too late to enjoy it! There are some “memes”…

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