The previous blog talked about reflexive blinking which occurs automatically to protect the eyes and is controlled by centers in lower...

After taking yet another group photo where my eyes were closed, I decided it was time to learn more about the science of eye blinking....

“The more you know, the more you can create. There’s no end to imagination in the kitchen.” ~ Julia Child. (For those who do not bake,...

“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.” ~ Oscar Wilde. Ah, January. I am still reeling from the herculean...

When I was in high school, I had a keen interest in nutrition: What food was considered healthy? Was there a schedule of eating I should...

Woodpeckers: a human head butting a tree at woodpecker speed of about 20 times per second would be concussed. But woodpeckers have...

“Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try!”~ Dr. Seuss. Creativity has...

“Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their...

“After sleeping through a hundred million centuries we have finally opened our eyes on a sumptuous planet, sparkling with color,...

Once upon a time, when our brains were very young and trying to figure out the world, it took in lots of information from that world and...

“Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.” ~ Frederick Douglas. Like so many other things our brains do with seemingly little...

"See, Winter comes, to rule the varied year, Sullen and sad, with all his rising train; Vapors, and Clouds, and Storms." ~ James Thomson....

“Gratitude bestows reverence...changing forever how we experience life and the world.” ~ John Milton. You may think that the time for...

“All the world’s a stage and all the men and women merely players.” ~ William Shakespeare. Halloween comes around and suddenly everyone...

"The strongest have their moments of fatigue.”~ Friedrich Nietzsche. Ever come home from work feeling like your brain is fried! Can’t...

“Rush out in the rain to be soaked with the sky.” ~ Rumi. It is raining! We, desert dwellers, greet any rain with relief and joy, but...

“What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps one in a continual state of inelegance.” ~ Jane Austen. The dry hot desert season is here,...

Everything is blooming most recklessly; if it were voices instead of colors, there would be an unbelievable shrieking into the heart of...

“It is spring again. The earth is like a child that knows poems by heart.” ~ Rainer Maria Rilke. You wake up with the sun - unexplainably...

I bet as mid-February rolls around you have one thing on your mind – chocolate. Or, maybe love? Nope. Chocolate! Ah, what is it about...

Ah, winter! Shorter days, colder temperatures, and it is so hard to get out of bed. Perhaps, like me, you sometimes envy animals who...

By the pricking of my thumbs Something wicked this way comes. ~William Shakespeare Fall is in full swing and that weirdest of all...

The probing question on my mind while I walked around the parking lot the other night after late rounds at the hospital was: “Dude,...

“Hmm. It’s getting harder to hear conversation, especially high pitched or soft voices. Those noisy restaurants make it hard to hear – so...

Our skin is an enormous sensory organ, studded with tiny touch receptors in different layers of the skin. They are dense in some areas...

~Ralph Waldo Emerson What is it about flowers? We have always been strangely attracted to them. Stone drawings of flowers were found in...

Let’s face it! By now, most of us have made and broken several New Year’s resolutions. Psychological research shows almost 90% of us fall...

Well, here we are! This Covid-infested mess of a year is drawing to an end, the dark days of winter are upon us and ‘tis the season. And...

What's the deal about avoiding blue lights when you are preparing for sleep? Adequate sleep. What, exactly, is that? It’s certainly not...

We know procrastination leads to stress, and still 20% of us are chronic procrastinators. Why do we do this?

Feeling negative? Let’s face it. Things are crazy these days and it is easy to get overwhelmed with worry and dread. Current events and...

Take a look at the neuroscience of biases - what they are, how they form, and how it can affect your daily decisions!

Learn more about what exactly sleep is and how it affects our everyday lives! Plus, some fun sleep facts and tips for healthy sleep habits!

Do you want to give your child a head start in life? If you do, the best way to accomplish this is to read to them when they are an...

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” ~ Aristotle It is 2020 and you have a chance to re-make...

As 2019 wrapped up, we took some time to review the past year for the Center for Neurosciences Foundation and we found a magnitude of...