When I taught math at the University of San Francisco, I’ll never forget Susie. She approached me after the first day of class to inform me that she was a “C...

So just what is this thing called “self-talk?” Psychologists refer to it as that conversation you are having with yourself all day long. And a lot is being s...

You are not aware of 99.9999% of what your nervous system is doing. It not only keeps your brain working, it keeps the rest of your body working. It keeps yo...

We have discovered your brain learns by recording images and connecting them together to form patterns. So, if I am learning about a city, these images (whic...

At my fifty year high school reunion, I remember seeing Mickey, my dear friend walking up the stairs of the bleachers on the opposite side of the gym. Mickey...

When Mary Knight walked into Dr. Monroe’s office back in 1932, she was bright and excited; her red hair neatly pinned in a bun. She had finally gotten pregna...

The scientific community pretty much agrees the human brain is the most complex structure in the known universe. In fact, the primary element that holds you ...

The explosion of computers in the past fifty years has made it very chic to equate the brain with the computer. It has become especially tempting to liken th...

The first step is to appreciate the capacity the brain has for learning new things, and frankly…that capacity is beyond our mankind’s comprehension. Just as ...

Whenever an enthusiastic speaker admonishes me to “Think differently!” at some convention or workshop, I found myself feeling a little irritated…and sometime...