Building a better brain through music, dance and poetry
NPR once again affirms what science has been telling us for years: exposure to music-and it's allies dance and poetry-at an early age is...
The Speed of Thought
As I studied Einstein's thoughts on relativity, I found myself wondering, "what is the speed of thought?" There are several subtle...
Using Sound Waves to Treat Alzheimer's
An excerpt from the book, Your Brain on Art discusses how researchers are using sound (and light waves) to treat Alzheimer's disease. It...
A prehistoric whodunnit!
It's long been argued that one of the major evolutionary developments attributed solely to the Homo genus is the development of tools,...