Money - What is your schema?
Human beings are emotional creatures. But without question, money is one of those things that generates a lot of emotions in us. Sure, we get
Featured Essay — Neurofeedback
Neurofeedback: Is it science or expensive placebo?
You sit in front of a screen. Electrodes on your scalp. You watch a movie that plays smoothly when your brain waves hit target patterns and pauses when they don&
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Covid Children
The COVID-19 pandemic has upended nearly every aspect of daily life, and perhaps no group has felt its repercussions more acutely than children. As schools
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Categorization - how language drives emotions
A category is a term used to bunch a host of things into one collective or group. It helps us understand and predict our world
Catechin - Why Drink Green Tea
Green tea has a catechin known as EGCG. Before the scientific words turn you away, cathechins are chemicals that have a powerful effect on your
Mitochondria - Divine Intervention?
Mitochodria are organelles found inside your cells. Often referred to as the powerhouse that drives your existence, they came to live inside you through a
I Don't Know - Stress is caused by the belief that you know
I don't know! Today, I am going to attempt to teach you the incredible power of not knowing. Not just not knowing, but
Blood Type Diet - Science or Fiction?
One of the bad pennies that keep showing up in my conversation is a customized diet, based on your blood type, genetics, or food allergies.
Covid-19 and cardiac arrests
COVID-19 was a difficult period for the world. We desperately sought a vaccine to prevent the virus from spreading. A vaccine was finally created with
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Lasers - can they regulate your heart?
Your heartbeat marks the fact that you are alive. For some of us, though, the regulation of the heartbeat becomes dysfunctional. In such cases, it