Tagged: brain science

Hands, Eyes and Uses for Bricks - Skepticon

Darcy Cowan • Dec 28, 2009 •

• brain science,
• Creativity,
• Psychological,
• research,
• review,
• Sciblogs

Are you Right, Left or mix-handed? Haven’t heard of mix-handedness? Current thinking in neurology and psychology seems to be leaning towards describing handedness as a function of the degree of preference for one hand or the other. For some tasks you may use your right hand, others your left, it is the amount or preference [...] … Read More

Fast Thoughts are Happy Thoughts - Skepticon

Darcy Cowan • Jun 26, 2009 •

• brain,
• brain science,
• Depression,
• mania,
• psycho,
• Psychological,
• Psychology,
• Sciblogs,
• thoughts

Ever noticed that when you are excited or happy your thoughts seem to zip hither, thither and yon at a dizzying pace? Perhaps at the same time you also had feelings of increased energy, creativity and self esteem. These are all symptoms of the psychiatric condition of mania, but you’re probably fine. The persistent linking [...] … Read More