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A series of articles have been circulating on the Internet in the last few weeks, raising important and critical questions about Neurosciences, and whether they actually bring anything new to social sciences in practical terms.  In a recent article in the New York Times  by Alissa Quart entitled Neuroscience Under Attack, the author seems to […]

As a recent immigrant to California who came from Southern Europe, some local rituals are still new to me. It is the case for the one scheduled for tomorrow: Thanksgiving. Originally created to celebrate the first harvest of the Pilgrims on the American soil , it is now a very important family gathering – and, […]

You might already know that our nervous system extends to our gut – it’s called the enteric nervous system and it’s been popularized by many articles and books, such as The Second Brain. But there is something else there worth noticing there: bacteria. We have between 1013 and 1014 microorganisms in our gastrointestinal system – […]

We live in a world where we have given the right to all sorts of electronically savvy service providers to surround us with constant solicitations.  To exist as 21st century social animals, we are supposed to “tweet”, “blog”, “facebook”, “link in”, “skype”, phone, listen to radio, watch TV, text messages and jiggle our tablets and […]

Here is a title I stumbled upon last week in my local newspaper : Brain drain starts at age 45 – not age 60. Given that I turned 48 last September, I froze and immediately started to panic (at a pace that I used to think was “quick as a flash” when I was still […]