{"id":1250,"date":"2013-04-25T12:47:51","date_gmt":"2013-04-25T16:47:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alisonblogs.com\/wordpress\/?p=1250"},"modified":"2013-04-25T12:47:51","modified_gmt":"2013-04-25T16:47:51","slug":"wednesday-links-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alisonblogs.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2013\/04\/25\/wednesday-links-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday Links"},"content":{"rendered":"

Watching the Lights Go Out<\/a> is a blog by a man who’s been diagnosed with Alzheimers’, chronicling his life and thoughts and how the disease affects him. It’s touching and thought-provoking. Go read it.<\/p>\n

How animals grieve<\/a> – make sure to watch the video, too.<\/p>\n

Scientists playing around with the prefrontal cortexes of rats may have come across a new way of treating addiction<\/a>.<\/p>\n

People who don’t understand epigenetics or neuroplasticity have no compunctions about writing about them anyway. Then we get books like this<\/a> that the average reader thinks represent real science. And because genetics and epigenetics is so nuanced and complex, people automatically assume a position of nature OR nurture – with the nurture enthusiasts often accusing people who talk about genetics as being genetic determinists. Virginia Hughes<\/a> has some wonderful insights about how we really think.<\/p>\n

And Bradley Voytek<\/a> explains why this should be fixed by more science – it’s an investment in wonder. Kevin Mitchell at Wiring the Brain adds that, well, it works<\/a>.
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\nImages of g-coupled protein receptors<\/a> that may help us understand how they work and how to treat the problems they cause!<\/p>\n

Before kitten can drink the milk, kitten must DEFEAT the milk!<\/p>\n