Sleep, Tetris, Memory and the Brain

By Alvaro Fernandez | March 24, 2008 |

As part of our ongo­ing Author Speaks Series, we are hon­ored to present today this excel­lent arti­cle by Dr. Shan­non Mof­fett, based on her illu­mi­nat­ing and engag­ing book. Enjoy! (and please go to sleep soon if you are read­ing this late Mon­day night). ———— Two years ago I fin­ished a book on the mind/brain, called The Three…

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Random Learning? the 8 Random Facts Meme

By Alvaro Fernandez | June 24, 2007

Orli from Neu­ron­tic tagged me with a new meme –writ­ing about 8 Ran­dom Per­son­al Facts- that is cir­cu­lat­ing among sci­ence blog­gers.  Well, I will hap­pi­ly write about 8 facts that appeared in unex­pect­ed ways yet, seen with per­spec­tive, seem to be a type of non-ran­­dom ran­dom­ness, if that makes sense…   As the old­est child,…

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