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Martin J. Sherwin • American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
We can hold a maximum of seven things in our head at the same time, plus/minus two (Miller 1956).
Sönke Ahrens • How to Take Smart Notes: One Simple Technique to Boost Writing, Learning and Thinking – for Students, Academics and Nonfiction Book Writers
In contrast to the deactivation of Broca’s area, another region, Brodmann’s area 19, lit up in our participants. This is a region in the visual cortex that registers images when they first enter the brain.
Bessel van der Kolk • The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
craniometry, the study and measurement of human skulls as a means of assessing intelligence.
J. Courtney Sullivan • The Cliffs: Reese's Book Club: A novel
Scientists measure the depth of someone’s depression using something named the Hamilton scale, which was invented by a scientist named Max Hamilton in 1959. The Hamilton scale ranges from 0 (where you’re skipping along merrily) to 51 (where you’re jumping in front of trains). To give you a yardstick: you can get a six-point leap in your Hamilton sc
... See moreJohann Hari • Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression – and the Unexpected Solutions
Harvard Medical School was and is at the forefront of the neuroscience revolution,