Archive for November 2016
Wireless Brain Implant Allows “Locked-In” Woman to Communicate
Experts call the technology a “significant achievement,” but critics say the risks may not be justified. The new brain-computer interface enables HB to select letters on a computer screen using her mind alone, spelling out words at a rate of one letter every 56 seconds, to share her thoughts. Credit: Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, University…
Read MoreTrump’s Victory and the Neuroscience of Rage
To understand this election you must understand the brain’s threat detection mechanism Pollsters, politicians, much of the press and public are dismayed by Donald Trump’s surprising victory in the presidential election, but not neuroscientists. The bewilderment arises from an attempt to comprehend the election result rationally, but rage, not reason, is what drove people to…
Read MoreClimber’s Death–Self-defense or Murder? Now the Truth Can be Told
I never imagined that someone I knew personally would become the victim of a horrible rage murder, but while I was writing my book, Why We Snap, the unthinkable happened. I tell the tragic story of the savage killing of Geoff Farrar by David DiPaolo at Carderock, a popular rock climbing area near my home,…
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