Neuroscience
From today's New York Times:
A Hands-On Approach to Studying the Brain, Even Einstein’s
By SIOBHAN ROBERTS
Published: November 14, 2006
HAMILTON, Ontario — Standing in her vaultlike walk-in refrigerator, Sandra F. Witelson pries open a white plastic tub that looks like an ice cream container.
There, soaking in diluted formaldehyde, is a gleaming vanilla-colored brain: the curvy landscape of hills and valleys (the gyri and sulci) that channeled the thoughts of the late mathematician Donald Coxeter, known as the man who saved geometry from near extinction in the 20th century.
“His brain is amazingly plump,” Dr. Witelson says. She ought to know.
Here at McMaster University, where she is a neuroscientist with the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, Dr. Witelson has a collection of 125 brains. They are all from Canadians: business people, professionals, homemakers, and blue- and white-collar workers.
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Neuroscience
Dr. Sandra Witelson in the News!
From today's New York Times:
A Hands-On Approach to Studying the Brain, Even Einstein’s
By SIOBHAN ROBERTS
Published: November 14, 2006
HAMILTON, Ontario — Standing in her vaultlike walk-in refrigerator, Sandra F. Witelson pries open a white plastic tub that looks like an ice cream container.
There, soaking in diluted formaldehyde, is a gleaming vanilla-colored brain: the curvy landscape of hills and valleys (the gyri and sulci) that channeled the thoughts of the late mathematician Donald Coxeter, known as the man who saved geometry from near extinction in the 20th century.
“His brain is amazingly plump,” Dr. Witelson says. She ought to know.
Here at McMaster University, where she is a neuroscientist with the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, Dr. Witelson has a collection of 125 brains. They are all from Canadians: business people, professionals, homemakers, and blue- and white-collar workers.
[ ... Read the full article ... ]
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From today's New York Times: Study Points to a Solution for Dread: Distraction By SANDRA BLAKESLEE Published: May 5, 2006 The New York Times For those who dread a colonoscopy or a root canal so much that they avoid it altogether, scientists have...
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Today's New York Times has a feature story about polio: Rumor, Fear and Fatigue Hinder Final Push to End Polio By CELIA W. DUGGER and DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. Read the full article. - Anthony H. Risser | neuroscience | neuropsychology | brain...
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