Sidney J. Blatt Dies at 85

Click Here to Read: Sidney J. Blatt Dies at 85; Developed ‘Double Helix’ Theory of Depression by Benedict Carey in The New York Times on May 18, 2014.
Dr. Sidney J. Blatt published more than 200 papers and scores of monographs and books throughou…
Mental Illness Risk Higher for Children of Older Fathers, Study Finds

Click Here to Read: Mental Illness Risk Higher for Children of Older Fathers, Study Finds By Benedict Carey in The New York Times on February 26, 2014.
Blazing Trails in Brain Science

Click Here to Read: Blazing Trails in Brain Science By Benedict Carey In The New York Times on February 3, 2014.
Dr. Thomas R. Insel is the longest-serving director of the National Institute of Mental Health since its founder left. Lexey Swall for …
Sleep Therapy Seen as an Aid for Depression

Click Here to Read: Sleep Therapy Seen as an Aid for Depression By Benedict Carey in The New York Times on November 18, 2013.
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A student demonstrating equipment at Colleen Carney’s sleep lab at Ryerson University. Dr. Carney …
Psychiatry’s Guide Is Out of Touch With Science, Experts Say

Click Here to Read: Psychiatry’s Guide Is Out of Touch With Science, Experts Say By Pam Belluck and Benedict Carey in The New York Times on May 6, 2013.
Shooting in the Dark

Click Here to Read: Shooting in the Dark By Benedict Carey in The New York Times on February 11, 2013.
Aging in Brain Found to Hurt Sleep Needed for Memory

Click Here to Read: Aging in Brain Found to Hurt Sleep Needed for Memory By Benedict Carey in The New York Times on January 27, 2013
That Guy Won? Why We Knew It All Along

Click Here to Read: That Guy Won? Why We Knew It All Along by By Benedict Carey in The New York Times on October 29, 2012.
Decoding the Brain’s Cacophony

Click here to read: Decoding the Brain’s Cacophony by Benedict Carey from The New York Times on October 31, 2011, which tells the story of Michael S. Gazzaniga’s series of studies that revealed the brain’s split personality, the division of labor between its left and right hemispheres. Dr. Gazzaniga is a psychology professor at the University of California, […]
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Study of Judges Finds Evidence From Brain Scans Led to Lighter Sentences

Click here to read “Study of Judges Finds Evidence From Brain Scans Led to Lighter Sentences” by Benedict Carey from The New York Times on August 16, 2012. Judges who learned that a convicted assailant was genetically predisposed to violence imposed lighter sentences in a hypothetical case than they otherwise would have, researchers reported on […]
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