Skeptophilia

A paper this week out of the University of Washington describes research suggesting that intelligence is positively correlated with the abi...

I am really  distractible. To say I have "squirrel brain" is a deep injustice to squirrels.  At least squirrels have the focus to ...

Yesterday I wrote about my difficulty with maintaining concentration.  My mind's tendency to wander has been with me all my life, and at...

I was making dinner last week, and the recipe called for soy sauce.  I knew we had a bottle of it -- and I was pretty sure it was somewhere ...

One of the critical functions of our brain, and one that we don't often think about, is its ability to determine quickly what stimuli ar...

Before I get into the subject of today's post, I want all of you to watch this two-minute video, entitled " Whodunnit? " ***...