Since it's too long for a comment...

By Crobar in Neurognosis

I tried to post my thoughts on a blog by another reader, unfortunately I think my comment was too long and it would not post. So I figured I would just post it here. This is in response to a ...

Stress and neuronal growth and growing bones on demand

By Crobar in Neurognosis

One of the big things the military has going on in research is in the area of stress resilience. I actually wrote up a proposal for prophylactic measures to foster resilience not too long ago - still don't know if ...

Same sex praise matters to kids who bully peers

By Crobar in Neurognosis

We all know about bullying in schools. Some of us bullied, some were bullied and others found themselves on the sidelines possibly cheering, jeering or separating ourselves from the actions. Regardless of our affiliation to the acts of bullying, most ...

Dating with Plasma and Fossil Hominids

By Crobar in Neurognosis

Not too long ago my blog had an exchange regarding evolution and creationism and much of the discourse turned to the validity of radiometric dating techniques. The primary focus was upon one technique which utilizes the unstable isotope carbon-14 or ...

Drinking bender before the big exam? No problem...

By Crobar in Neurognosis

There have been plenty of studies which found a link between binge drinking and reduced cognitive performance (Townshend & Duka, 2006) especially in tasks such as attention and episodic memory (Hartley, Elsabagh & File, 2004). Therefore, from this we could ...

Informed Consent

By Crobar in Neurognosis

I was going through some of my old papers and ran across this little bit on informed consent in research and figured I'd share it here. Informed Consent is considered an essential part of modern research with human participants. O’Leary ...

Stress & Spit

By Crobar in Neurognosis

I thought I'd change gears here and post another informative post, actually it'll be a couple of them under the "stress & spit" title. So what am I talking about when I say "stress & spit"? Well, specifically I'll be ...

Cut and Paste? No...

By Crobar in Neurognosis

Over the past three days I've dug up some old work I've written for various classes, in forum debates, for Yahoo Answers and just for my own enjoyment. I've taken a few of these works and posted them on this ...

Special K...hey, hey, hey....

By Crobar in Neurognosis

Ketamine, also known as “Special K” among recreational users or as the marketed medication Ketelar (Vetalar), Ketaset or Ketanest, is an often overlooked compound when thinking of substances that may be abused but also possess medicinal applications. It is most ...

The Frustration of Providing Answers

By Crobar in Neurognosis

So, after spending a good amount of time here and there on Yahoo Answers, I've come to a conclusion, especially when it comes to answering questions in relation to science and religion - people aren't looking for an honest answer ...