Gary Stix
Marijuana and psychosis: Cannabis use linked to 30% of diagnoses in young men
A huge Danish study shows that up to 30 percent of psychosis diagnoses in young men could have been prevented ...
How does COVID stir chaos in the brain?
COVID’s brain-related symptoms go beyond mere mental fuzziness. They range across a spectrum that encompasses headaches, anxiety, depression, hallucinations and ...
Do people with artificial limbs come to see their prostheses as a natural part of the body — or just a tool?
[How do] humans’ wealth of sensory inputs—including the touch and visual perception involved in manipulating a tool—modify the sense of ...
World War II Jewish Warsaw ghetto in provides blueprint for how US might contain coronavirus
A paper published on [July 24] in Science Advances reports on a sophisticated mathematical analysis that shows how personal hygiene, quarantines, social distancing and ...
Why debunking coronavirus conspiracy theories might be counterproductive
Was it a bioweapon from a virology institute? Had it been known before and already patented? Could homeopathic remedies help? ...
Measuring change in adult brains
Popular neuroscience books have made much in recent years of the possibility that the adult brain is capable of restoring ...
Is evolution reducing our intelligence?
James R. Flynn’s observation that IQ scores experienced dramatic gains from generation to generation throughout the 20th century has been ...