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fMRI: Not the Only Way to Look at the Human Brain in Action
To the Editor: The Observer (September 2006) is to be commended for presenting a balanced view of fMRI research, resisting the megahype that characterizes so much of this literature. It is a pity, however, that
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Worse than Creationism: Evolution, Neuroscience, and the Responsibility of Psychologists
Reality often clashes with common sense. Sometimes reality wins — most people believe that the world is not flat, although it certainly seems to be — and sometimes it does not. There are two important
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Spotlight on Research: Children of Alcoholics Show Brain Deficits Identical to Fathers'
Henri Begleiter’s relentless search for the genetic and chemical roots of alcoholism has endured for almost 30 years, and there has been a great deal of progress made to this end. “My real interest lies
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Sex Differences in Brain and Behavior On the Interaction of Structure, Hormones, and Social Influences
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, FEBRUARY 10—By middle age, men are losing frontal lobe brain tissue almost three times as fast as women of the same age. Trying to compensate for the loss, men tend to overdrive their
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Advanced Study Institute Receives Mindful Initiation – Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study at George Mason University Inaugurated with Session on Mind, Brain, and Complex Systems
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Seeing the Brain in Action: Pictures of the Mind: Neuroimaging
