Terrible Twos Who Stay TerribleTo understand the violent criminal, says Richard E. Tremblay, imagine a 2-year-old boy doing the things that make the terrible twos terrible — grabbing, kicking, pushing, punching, biting. Now imagine him doing all this with the body and resources of… Dec 16 13December 16, 2013Article at New York Times
Clues in the Cycle of SuicideOn average, about 700 Americans kill themselves each week — but in the fine-weather weeks of May and June, the toll rises closer to 800, sometimes higher. Every year, suicide peaks with the tulips and lilacs — increasing roughly 15 percent over the… Jun 24 13June 24, 2013Article at New York Times
Madness, Genius, & Sherman's Ruthless March - Best of Neuron Culture, #9*Below find #9 in my Best of Neuron Culture Moving Party here at Wired — a run of 10 of my favorite posts from the blog’s stay here, posted on the eve of my departure to more homegrown pastures at my own site. (Details on my move are at bottom of the… Jun 07 13June 07, 2013Article at Wired
Play that F**king Little 16th Note - Best of Neuron Culture #5The fine writer Steve Silberman has posted a collective homage to good teachers at his blog NeuroTribes. The loveliest is his tribute to his husband Keith, who holds a PhD from Berkeley and teaches science in a high school. Lucky be his students.… Jun 03 13June 03, 2013Article at Wired
Kill Whitey, It's the Right Thing to DoA couple years ago, David Pizarro, a young research psychologist at Cornell, brewed up a devious variation on the classic trolley problem. The trolley problem is that staple of moral psychology studies at dinner parties in which you ask someone to… May 31 13May 31, 2013Article at Wired
The Genetics of StoopidAsk not what your genes have done to make you smart, but what they've done to make you stupid. That's the gist of an idea offered recently by neurogeneticist Kevin Mitchell in a "The genetics of stupidity," a fun, provocative post at his blog, Wiring… Oct 22 12October 22, 2012Article at Wired
