- Aug 30
- 3 min
The Neuroscience of Creativity
“Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try!”~ Dr. Seuss. Creativity has...
- Jul 16
- 3 min
Nature is good for Your Brain
“Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their...
- Jun 2
- 3 min
Seeing in color
“After sleeping through a hundred million centuries we have finally opened our eyes on a sumptuous planet, sparkling with color,...
- Apr 19
- 4 min
"I Can't Draw" and Other Stories We Tell Ourselves
Once upon a time, when our brains were very young and trying to figure out the world, it took in lots of information from that world and...
- Mar 14
- 3 min
Reading
“Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.” ~ Frederick Douglas. Like so many other things our brains do with seemingly little...
- Feb 6
- 3 min
Dark Winter and The Brain
"See, Winter comes, to rule the varied year, Sullen and sad, with all his rising train; Vapors, and Clouds, and Storms." ~ James Thomson....
- Dec 30, 2022
- 3 min
Gratitude and Your Brain
“Gratitude bestows reverence...changing forever how we experience life and the world.” ~ John Milton. You may think that the time for...
- Oct 29, 2022
- 3 min
Costumes We Wear
“All the world’s a stage and all the men and women merely players.” ~ William Shakespeare. Halloween comes around and suddenly everyone...
- Sep 23, 2022
- 3 min
Cognitive Fatigue
"The strongest have their moments of fatigue.”~ Friedrich Nietzsche. Ever come home from work feeling like your brain is fried! Can’t...
- Aug 1, 2022
- 3 min
The Smell of Rain
“Rush out in the rain to be soaked with the sky.” ~ Rumi. It is raining! We, desert dwellers, greet any rain with relief and joy, but...
- Jun 17, 2022
- 3 min
Heat and Your Brain
“What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps one in a continual state of inelegance.” ~ Jane Austen. The dry hot desert season is here,...
- May 13, 2022
- 3 min
What Does Color Sound Like?
Everything is blooming most recklessly; if it were voices instead of colors, there would be an unbelievable shrieking into the heart of...
- Mar 23, 2022
- 3 min
It is Spring Again.
“It is spring again. The earth is like a child that knows poems by heart.” ~ Rainer Maria Rilke. You wake up with the sun - unexplainably...
- Feb 14, 2022
- 3 min
Chocolate and Your Brain
I bet as mid-February rolls around you have one thing on your mind – chocolate. Or, maybe love? Nope. Chocolate! Ah, what is it about...
- Jan 7, 2022
- 3 min
Hibernation
Ah, winter! Shorter days, colder temperatures, and it is so hard to get out of bed. Perhaps, like me, you sometimes envy animals who...
- Oct 28, 2021
- 2 min
Does your brain like fear?
By the pricking of my thumbs Something wicked this way comes. ~William Shakespeare Fall is in full swing and that weirdest of all...
- Sep 22, 2021
- 3 min
Absent-mindedness
The probing question on my mind while I walked around the parking lot the other night after late rounds at the hospital was: “Dude,...
- Jul 23, 2021
- 3 min
I really don’t want hearing aids!
“Hmm. It’s getting harder to hear conversation, especially high pitched or soft voices. Those noisy restaurants make it hard to hear – so...
- Jun 15, 2021
- 3 min
Gentle Touch
Our skin is an enormous sensory organ, studded with tiny touch receptors in different layers of the skin. They are dense in some areas...
- Apr 13, 2021
- 3 min
“The earth laughs in flowers.”
~Ralph Waldo Emerson What is it about flowers? We have always been strangely attracted to them. Stone drawings of flowers were found in...
- Feb 8, 2021
- 3 min
Don't ditch your resolutions just yet! Re-think them!
Let’s face it! By now, most of us have made and broken several New Year’s resolutions. Psychological research shows almost 90% of us fall...
- Dec 24, 2020
- 2 min
Holiday Cheer Happens in Your Brain
Well, here we are! This Covid-infested mess of a year is drawing to an end, the dark days of winter are upon us and ‘tis the season. And...
- Nov 13, 2020
- 3 min
You're probably tired, is blue light to blame?
What's the deal about avoiding blue lights when you are preparing for sleep? Adequate sleep. What, exactly, is that? It’s certainly not...
- Oct 13, 2020
- 3 min
Procrastination in the Brain
We know procrastination leads to stress, and still 20% of us are chronic procrastinators. Why do we do this?
- Sep 3, 2020
- 3 min
Neuroscience of Negativity
Feeling negative? Let’s face it. Things are crazy these days and it is easy to get overwhelmed with worry and dread. Current events and...
- Jul 16, 2020
- 3 min
Racial bias in the Brain
Take a look at the neuroscience of biases - what they are, how they form, and how it can affect your daily decisions!
- May 26, 2020
- 3 min
Sleep
Learn more about what exactly sleep is and how it affects our everyday lives! Plus, some fun sleep facts and tips for healthy sleep habits!
- Mar 5, 2020
- 2 min
The Tucson Festival of Books and The Brain Bus
Do you want to give your child a head start in life? If you do, the best way to accomplish this is to read to them when they are an...
- Jan 22, 2020
- 2 min
Habits
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” ~ Aristotle It is 2020 and you have a chance to re-make...
- Jan 22, 2020
- 1 min
HELLO 2020!
As 2019 wrapped up, we took some time to review the past year for the Center for Neurosciences Foundation and we found a magnitude of...