... postin' on teh internets ( Read more... )

In my Research Methods class, we had to break up in small groups and run a research project, write up the paper and make a poster presentation. Our project was on attention. Attention is a process that include arousal and vigilance. When we are looking for something, we are in a state of arousal or anxiety -- when we find it there's a sense of ( Read more... )

Mike and I were talking about that Oppositional Defiant Disorder thing. I was doing some more research, and there's a major gene variant -- the gene is called DRD2, and in this study of alcoholics, about 78% of alcoholics studied were missing the "A" allele. It's a lot more complex (the DRD2, DRD3 and DRD4 and stress on the individual) than just ( Read more... )

I've been doing a literature review the last couple of days on the heritability of several behavioral disorders - Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Conduct Disorder. Research has shown that these disorders are highly heritable, and are correlated with both poverty and prison time. The combination of ODD ( Read more... )

Scientists selectively removed a shocking memory from a mouse's brain. Although the lead scientist Dr. Joe Z. Tsien, Professor of Neurology and Co-Director of the Brain Discovery Institute, Medical College of Georgia talks about the implications for medical therapy, he is also listed on the website of the 26th Army Science Conference, whose motto ( Read more... )

New Article on Migraines at Scientific AmericanMigraine is more than a headache: it is intensely painful and has distinct phases ( Read more... )