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Posts published in July 2017

Antidepressants: An Emperor with No Clothes?

On rare occasion, I have reported startling findings that challenge current wisdom: Brain training games do NOT boost intelligence. Traumatic experiences are NOT often repressed.…

Do We Sense Each Other’s Sickness?

Social behavior is important for our survival as a species. But social interaction also gives pathogens a chance to spread, and it thereby increases our…

Nurturing the Brain – Part 11, Magnesium

Magnesium is everywhere—it does not occur free in nature, but in combination with other elements it is the eighth-most abundant chemical element in the Earth’s…

My Amazing Co-Authors

I am blessed to be collaborating with two incredibly high-achieving people. My introductory text co-author, Nathan DeWall, tells the story (here) of how he harnessed…

New Breakthroughs in Concussion Diagnostics

Concussion is the most common form of traumatic brain injury. While serious concussions present with overt symptoms, the diagnosis of mild concussions remains a clinical…

Prevention Is the Best Medicine for Dementia

Population aging is bringing about a substantial increase in the prevalence of neurocognitive disorders. Current projections estimate that, by 2050, more that 130 million people…

Nathan DeWall on the Science of Self-Control

Originally posted on Quartz on July 2, 2017.   I’m often asked how I was able to go from inactive academic to participating in invitation-only…