Why do we spend 1/3 of our lives being unconcious?

Sleep is an automatic process we try to control but probably need to increase.

We get so focused on our tasks and activities, we try to limit the amount of sleep we get. But this mysterious process of sleep is not optional. It’s good for us. [Read more…]

A limbic limmerick?

• There once was a system called limbic
• it’s where fears and emoting are quick
• buried deep in the head
• and hardly well bred
• it forced me to write this dumb limerick

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Basal Ganglia

Here’s the pdf version

Here’s the text version: [Read more…]

When I see a bear do I run because I’m afraid or am I afraid because I run?

As it turns out, there are more than two answers to this classic riddle. Emotions are part of our human experience and central to our understanding of how we see ourselves. [Read more…]

I’ve got my thinking cap on. Will it help me remember?

Thinking and memory aren’t the same thing but highly related. Human memory is composed of several systems. It’s not a single process. Memory involves nearly every part of the brain, both sides. [Read more…]