Neuroscience
Chocolate brains, with or without cherries inside. Or if you don't want to shop around online, make your own. Chocolate contains mood boosting chemicals like anandamide, tryptophan, and phenylethylamine. These are also a good Valentine's gift for zombies.
- Why Narcissistic Leaders Are Like Chocolate Cake
At a superficial level, people who are narcissistic seem like they will be good leaders. They're confident, outgoing and unafraid of putting themselves forward. But once in charge, their appeal rapidly wanes. In this way, say the authors of a new...
- The Mindbus Technique For Resisting Chocolate - Should We Climb Aboard?
Imagine you are the driver & your chocolate cravings are unruly passengersIf someone gave you a bag of 14 chocolates to carry around for five days, would you be able to resist eating them and any other chocolate? That was the challenge faced by 135...
- Hershey-funded Study Finds Chocolate May Be Good For You
In the tradition of industry-sponsored studies (i.e., Wrigley-Funded Study Finds Chewing Gum May Help Reduce Stress), a press release from the Hershey Company informs us that: Resveratrol, red wine compound linked to health, also found in dark chocolate...
- Podcast From @propublica, Or, How News Sausage Is Made
My new favorite podcast is from online news outlet ProPublica. The official blurb about it is: The ProPublica Podcast is a weekly program featuring interviews with reporters about the latest investigations published by ProPublica. I love the interviews...
- Chocolate Mooncakes (gluten-free). Or, Recipes On The Blog!
I've been cooking & posting photos / recipes to my Facebook page for a while now. That turns out to be satisfying because my friends post comments ... but ultimately is unsatisfying because I can't easily refer people...
Neuroscience
Chocolate brains
Chocolate brains, with or without cherries inside. Or if you don't want to shop around online, make your own. Chocolate contains mood boosting chemicals like anandamide, tryptophan, and phenylethylamine. These are also a good Valentine's gift for zombies.
- Why Narcissistic Leaders Are Like Chocolate Cake
At a superficial level, people who are narcissistic seem like they will be good leaders. They're confident, outgoing and unafraid of putting themselves forward. But once in charge, their appeal rapidly wanes. In this way, say the authors of a new...
- The Mindbus Technique For Resisting Chocolate - Should We Climb Aboard?
Imagine you are the driver & your chocolate cravings are unruly passengersIf someone gave you a bag of 14 chocolates to carry around for five days, would you be able to resist eating them and any other chocolate? That was the challenge faced by 135...
- Hershey-funded Study Finds Chocolate May Be Good For You
In the tradition of industry-sponsored studies (i.e., Wrigley-Funded Study Finds Chewing Gum May Help Reduce Stress), a press release from the Hershey Company informs us that: Resveratrol, red wine compound linked to health, also found in dark chocolate...
- Podcast From @propublica, Or, How News Sausage Is Made
My new favorite podcast is from online news outlet ProPublica. The official blurb about it is: The ProPublica Podcast is a weekly program featuring interviews with reporters about the latest investigations published by ProPublica. I love the interviews...
- Chocolate Mooncakes (gluten-free). Or, Recipes On The Blog!
I've been cooking & posting photos / recipes to my Facebook page for a while now. That turns out to be satisfying because my friends post comments ... but ultimately is unsatisfying because I can't easily refer people...