Theresa FisherinVan Winkle’sMeet the Bias EngineersImagine a procedure that whittles away our biases as we sleep. One team of scientists has found it. Will their work lead to a brighter…Nov 18, 2015Nov 18, 2015
Theresa FisherStudy uses Alice in Wonderland to identify early signs of psychotic disorderWe all know Alice’s tale. Seven-year-old girl falls into an imagined world where, as an anthropomorphized cat famously explains, any and…Sep 9, 2015Sep 9, 2015
Theresa FisherWhat It’s Like to Discover You Can’t Visualize the WorldAbout seven years ago, while watching TV psychics augur the future, Robb Williams, a British illustrator, asked his wife Nat how she…Sep 7, 2015Sep 7, 2015
Theresa FisherDescartes’ sleeping habits and theory of the sleeping mindRené Descartes was a philosopher, scientist and mathematician. Over the span of his 53-year life, he invented analytic geometry and came up…Sep 7, 20151Sep 7, 20151
Theresa FisherWhat Role Does Freud Play in Modern Psychoanalysis?For better or worse, we owe a lot to Sigmund Freud. For decades after his death in 1939, the good doctor loomed large in the offices of…Sep 7, 2015Sep 7, 2015
Theresa FisherThe Disturbing Relationship Between Sleep, Depression and SuicideThis past March, Graham Mitchell, a 48-year-old British psychiatric nurse, hanged himself in his garden. During the subsequent inquest…Sep 7, 2015Sep 7, 2015
Theresa FisherBrain Scans Could Soon Determine Future SluttinessScience is slut-shaming you.Sep 7, 2015Sep 7, 2015
Theresa FisherThe Incredibly Strange Case of the Sleep-Talking Bus Driver and His Gaslighting WifeAbout two years ago, a 67-year-old bus driver walked into the sleep clinic at London’s King’s College Hospital. According to his wife, he’d…Sep 7, 2015Sep 7, 2015
Theresa FisherSpencer Hastings’ Pretty Little Pill ProblemSpencer Hastings’ Pretty Little Pill Problem: Gummies for DummiesSep 7, 2015Sep 7, 2015
Theresa FisherThe Mystery Behind Being a MotormouthWhen I was 13, a boy at summer camp tapped me on the shoulder and suggested I become a female rapper, like Lil’ Kim. He’d been listening to…Sep 7, 2015Sep 7, 2015