Featured Article Mind Your Language One of the most fundamental things separating humans from all other species on Earth is our ability to use language. While other living things may be able to communicate brief
Featured Article Code of Conduct: Bayesian Predictive Coding To correctly interpret sensory data, the brain is faced with solving an inverse problem: one where the causes need to be inferred from the perceived outcomes [1]. There are many
Featured Article Mind and Matter It is impossible to ignore the association that exists in the modern era between meditation and the calming of one’s mind and emotions––the image of a lackadaisical hippie
Issue 16 Treating Pediatric Chronic Pain A painful feeling starts in your fingertips and spreads through your hand, radiating up your arm until it reaches your brain, prompting an “Ouch!” Pain is most commonly defined as
Issue 16 Stand Up For Your Brain To sit or to stand—a debate many rarely think about due to the prominence of sedentary lifestyles. Many of our daily activities involve sitting, such as being in front of a computer for hours or attending lectures.
Issue 16 Eye Opening Epilepsy Epilepsies include a variety of disorders, characterized primarily by a disturbance in neuronal activity known as a seizure.
Issue 16 Changing Focus: ADHD in Women Picture a twelve-year-old girl. She’s always losing her homework. Whenever she starts a project she ends up with a half-cleaned room, an almost-done math assignment, only the first part
Issue 16 Express Before You Test Anyone who has written an essay for a class knows that writing is a difficult yet necessary task. From grocery lists to PhD dissertations, writing is a vital method of
Cover Article With a Grain of Salt: The MSG “Menace” “No MSG”—two simple words plastered across food packaging and restaurant windows have consumers feeling relieved. MSG has long been criticized by consumers; some charge it as guilty for causing
