Neuroscience
A Molecule of Motivation, Dopamine Excels at Its Task
By NATALIE ANGIER
The New York Times
Published: October 27, 2009
"A view has emerged to counter the image that a neurotransmitter is the little Bacchus of our brain."
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- Piggy Smarts!
New in the world of pig cognition research, interesting results: Pigs Prove to Be Smart, if Not Vain By NATALIE ANGIER The New York Times Published: November 10, 2009 "Recent discoveries from the nascent study of pig cognition offered evidence that pigs...
- Extremes Of Memory
Like a Skyline Is Etched in His Head By JIM DWYER The New York Times Published: October 28, 2009 "Stephen Wiltshire, working only from the memory of a helicopter flight over New York, has been rendering the city’s 305 square miles along an arc of paper...
- Drug Development: Glutamate And Schizophrenia
From Sunday's New York Times: Daring to Think Differently About Schizophrenia By ALEX BERENSON Published: February 24, 2008 "A new drug aimed at treating schizophrenia turns its focus away from dopamine and instead on the effects of glutamate, another...
- (laughing) Rats In The News
Did you know that rats laugh? Jaak Panksepp, neuroscientist at Bowling Green State University, talks about how rats actually laugh. Science News Online quotes him as saying "but you have to know the rat." And in this week's Science Times, Natalie...
- Seeing Red
An article from last week's New York Times describes the importance of the color red, just in time for Valentine's Day. In How Do We See Red? Count the Ways Natalie Angier talks about various meanings of the color red, including "shades of life,...
Neuroscience
Dopamine
A Molecule of Motivation, Dopamine Excels at Its Task
By NATALIE ANGIER
The New York Times
Published: October 27, 2009
"A view has emerged to counter the image that a neurotransmitter is the little Bacchus of our brain."
Read the article
- Piggy Smarts!
New in the world of pig cognition research, interesting results: Pigs Prove to Be Smart, if Not Vain By NATALIE ANGIER The New York Times Published: November 10, 2009 "Recent discoveries from the nascent study of pig cognition offered evidence that pigs...
- Extremes Of Memory
Like a Skyline Is Etched in His Head By JIM DWYER The New York Times Published: October 28, 2009 "Stephen Wiltshire, working only from the memory of a helicopter flight over New York, has been rendering the city’s 305 square miles along an arc of paper...
- Drug Development: Glutamate And Schizophrenia
From Sunday's New York Times: Daring to Think Differently About Schizophrenia By ALEX BERENSON Published: February 24, 2008 "A new drug aimed at treating schizophrenia turns its focus away from dopamine and instead on the effects of glutamate, another...
- (laughing) Rats In The News
Did you know that rats laugh? Jaak Panksepp, neuroscientist at Bowling Green State University, talks about how rats actually laugh. Science News Online quotes him as saying "but you have to know the rat." And in this week's Science Times, Natalie...
- Seeing Red
An article from last week's New York Times describes the importance of the color red, just in time for Valentine's Day. In How Do We See Red? Count the Ways Natalie Angier talks about various meanings of the color red, including "shades of life,...