Encephalon #61: Brain & Mind Reading for the Holidays

By Alvaro Fernandez | December 22, 2008

Wel­come to the 61st edi­tion of Encephalon, the blog car­ni­val that offers some of the best neu­ro­science and psy­chol­o­gy blog posts every oth­er week. We do have an excel­lent set of arti­cles today. cov­er­ing much ground. Enjoy the read­ing: — Neu­ro­science and Soci­ety  Neu­roan­thro­pol­o­gy, by Greg Downey The Fly­nn Effect: Trou­bles with Intel­li­gence Aver­age IQ test…

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#15. Top fun and brainy Haikus. Yours?

By SharpBrains | July 26, 2008 |

Read­ers have con­tributed a good num­ber of haikus on brain-relat­ed top­ics. Below you have our favorite ones. Our favorite fun and brainy Haikus — Techne, the philoso­pher, won­ders: Solve the big ques­tions: How do I know when I know? Who knows the know­er? — Steve, the envi­ron­men­tal­ist, requests: Neu­ro­plas­tic good. Plas­tic, though lasts for­ev­er. Always recycle!

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Encephalon #50 Edition: Brain & Mind Research

By Alvaro Fernandez | July 21, 2008 |

Wel­come to Encephalon 50th edi­tion, where you will find anoth­er superb col­lec­tion of blog posts on all things Brain and Mind. Enjoy these con­tri­bu­tions: Sci­ence & Tech­nol­o­gy Mind Hacks reports that Face­book ate my psy­chi­a­trist. We can learn about the ben­e­fits of social net­work­ing sites like Face­book, bring­ing great per­spec­tive to recent and mis­guid­ed media speculation…

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