Richard E. Cytowic's Blog, page 13
April 28, 2015
Why Loneliness Hurts So Much
Just we feel hunger when we haven't enough food, we feel affection hunger when our needs for connection go unmet. Close relationships aren���t a luxury, but a necessity. The need for social connection is innate, just like the need for food, sleep, and air.
February 7, 2015
5 Reasons That Alcohol Makes You Fat
Most of the calories in drinks come from the alcohol more than the carbs or sugars they contain. There's no getting around the facts, which is why low-alcohol beverages are better for your waistline than low-carb varieties.
January 3, 2015
How Facial Botox Changes Your Brain—Literally
Botox injections are hardly benign. New research shows that the facial paralysis they cause remaps the brain’s sensory maps for the hands. Long term consequences are as yet unknown, and users should think twice.
How Facial Botox Changes Your Brain���Literally
Botox injections are hardly benign. New research shows that the facial paralysis they cause remaps the brain���s sensory maps for the hands. Long term consequences are as yet unknown, and users should think twice.
How Facial Botox Changes Your Brain—Literally
Botox injections are hardly benign. New research shows that the facial paralysis they cause remaps the brain’s sensory maps for the hands. Long term consequences are as yet unknown, and users should think twice.
October 21, 2014
Why We're All Overwhelmed Today
Prolonged and repetitive exposure to devices changes our behavior and even the way we think. The result is counterproductive interruptions and flitting from one task to another. Attention is like a spotlight: what lies outside it is in our cognitive blind spot.
Why We're All Overwhelmed Today
Prolonged and repetitive exposure to devices changes our behavior and even the way we think. The result is counterproductive interruptions and flitting from one task to another. Attention is like a spotlight: what lies outside it is in our cognitive blind spot.
Why We're All Overwhelmed Today
Prolonged and repetitive exposure to devices changes our behavior and even the way we think. The result is counterproductive interruptions and flitting from one task to another. Attention is like a spotlight: what lies outside it is in our cognitive blind spot.
Overwhelmed—and Stuck With a Stone-Age Brain
Prolonged and repetitive exposure to devices changes our behavior and even the way we think. The result is counterproductive interruptions and flitting from one task to another. Attention is like a spotlight: what lies outside it is in our cognitive blind spot.
August 6, 2014
When Daydreams Become a Shocking Experience
Some people prefer self-electrocution to being alone with their own thoughts. Modern life's distractions have made it increasingly harder to disengage, so that being quiet with one���s own thoughts has come to feel strange. But being able to sit and think is necessary to plan for the future and remember the past.
