Brain

Depression in College Students

The transition from high school to college is inherently destabilizing.  For many people, college is the first time they spend a significant amount of time outside their childhood homes. Likewise, it is the first time that many teenagers experience their first taste of adulthood. This independence can be thrilling and profound, offering young adults full agency over themselves. Such independence can also be overwhelming, crippling even, because greater amounts of independence correspond with an increasing amount of personal responsibility.  College

Ethos and Logos: Brain Scans Show Concern for Justice is Linked to Logic not Emotion in the Brain

As far as pejorative barbs are concerned, the term “bleeding heart” is not particularly insulting.  In fact many people who work within activist and social justice circles – liberal or conservative – wear such a  distinction like a badge of pride. However, the implication of the term remains.  A “bleeding heart” activist or politician is someone regarded as too softhearted to work pragmatically within civic affairs, because they are perceived as too emotional to

Researchers use Brain-Injury Data to Map Intelligence in the Brain

In some ways this is very exciting news. There is an emerging body of evidence leading to the theory that intelligence depends on the brain’s ability to integrate information. This information is gathered from verbal, visual, spatial, and executive processes. Furthermore, there is ongoing exploration into how the brain, genes, nutrition and environment interact to shape our continued evolution. I was hoping for a more simplified, concrete location and definition of intelligence; of course, this is not how our brains