After reading THE ROAD, I went back to the library to find another book by Cormac McCarthy. I found NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN. That’s how I seem to find books. This process is too haphazard, devoid of creativity in my choice of reading but it is what I do and I expect others do […]

A study published in the Oct 2009 issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition suggests that iodine supplements boost mental functions in children who have a mild deficiency of the nutrient. Iodine is a trace element needed for normal growth and development of the brain and it comes from food including seafood, dairy products, […]

70 international researchers participating in “Genome 10K”, are collecting the DNA from over 10,000 animal species worlwide. The work is for the purpose of preserving threatened species and to gain a better idea of the genetic heritage of each species.

A study of early childhood learning revealed that kids learn as much from comics as regular books and that teachers are now starting to use them as tools in the classroom. University of Illinois Professor Carol Tilly says that comic books and graphic novels had previously received a bad wrap but that the industry is […]

University of Missouri researchers have found that searching for specific information versus general internet searches benefit a person’s congitive capabilities, memory and emotional responses. This is the conclusion of Kevin Wise a Professor at The University f Missouri. His findings are published in the Journal of Modern media Psychology Theories and Applications 2009; 21(2).

Micronutrients may be the best future treatments for mental disorders of various kinds and the latest worldwide research on the topic will be presented at a conference in San Francisco on Dec. 4 and 5, 2009. Studies now show that in many cases, micronutrients are better for the treatment of mental disorders than many medications, […]

The results of a study, presented at the 10th International Congress of Behavioral Medicine, showed that playing the video game Re-Mission (TM), specifically designed for young adults with chronic illness, has a broad impact on specific brain functions. Several key regions of the brain are activated when patients play the game, including neural structures relating […]

I know, I know. I posted a blog this very morning mentioning Ray Bradbury’s The Veldt suggesting that video games and films will merge sooner or later, creating this amazing interactive experience with almost any movie star who ever existed. Well, maybe I was a bit premature. You see, I posted a discussion on the […]

In the 1950’s, when Ray Bradbury penned THE VELDT, about a futuristic play room where children interact with realistic videos, he envisioned that they could walk in and shout -River Nile! Pyramids! and they would appear, surrounding the player in full color, sound, smells, odors. Africa, hot sun, vultures. Lions. Bradbury’s prescience is evident today […]