Researchers rewrite textbook on location of brain’s speech processing center

February 12th, 2012


Scientists have long believed that human speech is processed towards the back of the brain's cerebral cortex, behind auditory cortex where all sounds are received -- a place famously known as Wernicke's area. But, now, research that analyzed more than 100 imaging studies concludes that Wernicke's area is in the wrong location. The site newly identified is miles away in terms of brain architecture and function.

Short-term memory is based on synchronized brain oscillations

February 12th, 2012


Scientists have now discovered how different brain regions cooperate during short-term memory.

Willpower and desires: Turning up the volume on what you want most

February 11th, 2012


Trying to resist that late-night tweet or checking your work email again? The bad news is that desires for work and entertainment often win out in the daily struggle for self-control, according to a new study that measures various desires and their regulation in daily life.

Addicts’ cravings have different roots in men and women

February 11th, 2012


A new brain imaging study by Yale School of Medicine researchers suggests stress robustly activates areas of the brain associated with craving in cocaine-dependent women, while drug cues activate similar brain regions in cocaine-dependent men. The study, expected to be published online Jan. 31 in the American Journal of Psychiatry, suggests men and women with cocaine dependence might benefit more from different treatment options.

The many unexpected sides of romantic love

February 11th, 2012


Love can bring out both the best and the worst in people. Which way it turns depends on the best way to protect the relationship, say researchers studying the evolution of romantic love.

A Brief History of the To-Do List and the Psychology of Its Success

February 10th, 2012

 




Click Here to Read: A Brief History of the To-Do List and the Psychology of Its Success by Maria on the Atlantic Mobile website on February 10,2 012.

The Crowd Pleaser

February 10th, 2012

 

Click Here to Read: The Crowd Pleaser By David Brooks in the New York Times on February 9, 2012.

 Edmund Adler The Crowd Pleaser Painting

Cancer drug shows promise in mouse Alzheimer’s study

February 10th, 2012




Click Here to Read: Cancer drug shows promise in mouse Alzheimer’s study By David Brown in the Washtington Post February 9, 2012.

NPAP Conference with with Fabian Naparstek The Comedy of the Sexes

February 10th, 2012

 






NPAP Conference (with the Lacanian Compass) on: The Comedy of the Sexes with Fabian Naparstek on February 24th at  the Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, Arnhold Hall,  55 West 13thS treet, 2nd floor.

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NPAP Conference with Judith Butler on the Ideologies of the Superego

February 10th, 2012

NPAP Conference with Judith Butler on the Ideologies of the Superego, February 17, 2012 at Wollman Hall, Eugene Lang Building, 65 West 11th Street, 5th Floor, New York City.

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Judith Butler