Drug Repurposing Opens Possibilities For Fighting Coronavirus

Old Drugs May Find A New Purpose:  Fighting The Coronavirus by Carl Zimmer.  The New York Times.  April 30, 2020.

Daydreaming May Indicate Creativity

Do You Daydream?  That May Mean You're Sharper And More Creative Than Your Peers, Study Says by Najja Parker.    Atlanta Journal Constitution.  October 25, 2017. 

Everyday Creativity And Positive Psychological Functioning

Creative Activities Promote Day-To-Day Wellbeing.  University of Otago/Science Daily.  November 23, 2016

Creative Arts Foster Healthy Aging

Using The Arts To Promote Healthy Aging By Jane Brody.  New York Times. March 7, 2016

Serendipity, Innovation, And Developing New Ideas: Engineering A Process

Engineering Serendipity.  Medium-Aspen Ideas Festival 2014. 

Leaky Sensory Filters Related To Creativity

Creative Genius Driven By Distraction.  Northwestern University/Science Daily.  March 3, 2015. 

Visual Beauty Of The Brain Inspires Surgeon/Painter

A Surgeon As Comfortable With A Paintbrush As She Is With A Scalpel by Corey Kilgannon.  The New York Times.  December 11, 2014.

Brain Model Developed That Demonstrates Grey/White Compartmentalization, Providing A Superior Model Of Brain Function

Bioengineers Create Functional 3-D Brain-Like Tissue:  Tissue Kept Alive For Months.  Science Daily.  August 11, 2014.

The Nexus Between Creativity And Mental Illness

Secrets Of The Creative Brain by Nancy Andreasen.  The Atlantic.  June 25, 2014.

"Words and Pictures" Film Review: Artist With Rheumatoid Arthritis--Passion And Pain In Each Stroke

Actress, Artist, Sometimes Both At Once by Mekado Murphy.  The New York Times.  May 16, 2014.

Sundance Film Festival Documentary Focuses On Dementia And Music

2014 Michael Rossato Bennett:  "Alive Inside:  A Story Of Music And Memory."  An interview with the director about his documentary film showing how music can aware something "Alive Inside" in dementia patients.  http://www.sundance.org/video/meet-the-artists-2014-Michael-Rossato-Bennett/

Theater Group Staging Play At Hospital To Save It

A Play Is Set In A Hospital, In Two Ways by Anemona Hartocollis.  The New York Times.  January 8, 2013.

The Edward Albee play, "The Death of Bessie Smith," is being staged in the Brooklyn Interfaith Medical Center, a facility that serves poor and black patients from Bedford-Stuyvesant.

Nature Biomechanics Perhaps Offers Clue To Concussions

Can Animals Help Limit Concussions?  by Gregory D. Myer.  Opinion piece.  The New York Times.  January 2, 2013.

(1)  The author's research suggests that the brains of woodpeckers and bighorn sheep brains are protected by mechanisms that slow______________________________________ thus creating a _____ Effect.

Writer's Brain, Reader's Brain: How Do They Link

Wired:  Putting A Writer And Readers To A Test by Jennifer Schuessler.  The New York Times.  November 29, 2013.

This article recounts a neuroscience experiment that may help "illuminate links between the way art is created and enjoyed, and possibly the nature of creativity itself."

Rethinking Sleep

Article: Rethinking Sleep by David K Randall Sunday Review New York Times Sunday September 23, 2012 Key Ideas: Rigid and outdated ideas about sleep are creating needless anxiety. For example, the idea that sleep should occur in an eight-hour block is the source of anxiety for many. The historical record and current research are cited by Randall to support the notion of "first sleep" and "second sleep" as being the norm. So-called "split sleep" could provide a middle of the night opportunity for deep thinking, self-reflection or amorous activity and not be a source of "sleep anxiety." Naps during the day prime us for higher levels of mental functioning by helping the brain sort through information to keep or to toss or find connections between recent learning and long-term memory. Employers including Google, the military, and sports times are, as a result of sleep research, beginning to incorporate naps into work to improve creativity, productivity, and performance. Facts for Thought: (1) 41 Million people in the United States get six hours or fewer for sleep a night. (2) 42% of workers in the mining industry are sleep-deprived (3) 27% of financial or insurance industry workers are sleep-deprived