shameless book plug “The Genetics of Cognitive Neuroscience”
Image via Wikipedia “B-b-book”? you say – as in words printed – on paper? Yes, its a book, “The Genetics of Cognitive Neuroscience” for which my colleagues and I contributed chapter 5. Despite the...
View Articleechoblog: Personality patternizer
With more and more genes being directly associated with personality or as moderators of correlations between personality and brain structure/function (here, here, here, here) it was fun to try out the...
View Articleechoblog: Science and art interweave at Salk Institute Conference
Image by Mike Licht, NotionsCapital.com via Flickr pointer to: Amazing conference exploring Evolutionary Origins of Art and Aesthetics. No genetics talks (this time ’round) but plenty of brain science...
View ArticleWhich coisogenic mouse is more like Stuart Little?
Image via Wikipedia ** podcast interview accompanies this post ** Lab mice have it pretty good I suppose. Chow, water and mating ad libitum, fresh bedding, no predators. Back in grad school, I...
View ArticleInterview with Dr. Garet Lahvis on genetic and animal models of empathy and...
Image by juanpol via Flickr It was a great pleasure to speak with Professor Garet Lahvis from the Department of Behavioral Neuroscience at the Oregon Health and Science University, and learn more...
View ArticleLook deeply into my eyes and let me see your genes
*** PODCAST accompanies this post *** Nowadays, it seems that genomics is spreading beyond the rarefied realm of science and academia into the general, consumer-based popular culture. Quelle...
View ArticleInsights on emotional attachment found in pain gene (OPRM1) – poets...
Image via Wikipedia If you slam your hand in the car door and experience physical pain, medical science can offer you a “pain killer!“. Certainly morphine (via its activation of the mu opioid...
View ArticleMy genes tell me that smokin’ and drinkin’ are sins
Image by muffintoptn via Flickr Humans are spiritual creatures – there’s no denyin’. How & why we got this way is one of THE BIG questions of all time. Since our genome shapes the development of...
View ArticleSocial scientist unites biology with Buddism
Image via Wikipedia Just a few excerpts from a lecture by the renown social psychologist Paul Ekman who is known for his work on the biology of human emotion. Here he relates conceptual bridges...
View ArticleI’m so ashamed of …
Are there events in your past that you hide from your friends and colleagues? Are there parts of your body that you keep covered at all times? You may think to yourself, “If people see this side of...
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