Skeptophilia

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

"I'm sorry, but I have no idea who you are." I can't tell you how many times I've had to utter that sentence.  Regular...

"The human brain is rife with all sorts of ways of getting it wrong." This quote is from a talk by eminent astrophysicist Neil deG...

Life with prosopagnosia is peculiar sometimes. Better known as "face blindness," it's a partial or complete inability to reco...

A little over a year ago, I decided to do something I've always wanted to do -- learn Japanese. I've had a fascination with Japan si...

About two months ago I signed up with Duolingo to study Japanese. I've been fascinated with Japan and the Japanese culture pretty much a...

I want you to recall something simple.  A few to choose from: your own middle name the street you grew up on your best friend in elementary ...

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

In July of 2004, my father died.  I was at his bedside in Our Lady of Lourdes General Hospital in Lafayette, Louisiana when it happened.  He...