Author Archive
 
 
 
 
Scicon Review
 

Nature Precedings: Pre-publication research and preliminary findings

Contribute, comment and collaborate Nature Precedings is a free online service from NPG that enables researchers in the life sciences to openly share preliminary findings, solicit community feedback, and claim priority over dis...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Scicon Review
 

The Default Mode Network and Self-Referential Processes in Depression

In a recent study, Sheline and colleagues examined whether patients with major depression were impaired in their ability to regulate the activity of the default mode network, which is characterized by self-referential functions...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Scicon Review
 

When Your Gain is My Pain and Your Pain is My Gain: Neural Correlates of Envy and Schadenfreude

We often make social comparisons to evaluate others and ourselves.  In a recent study in Science, Takahashi and colleagues investigated the neurocognitive mechanisms of envy and schadenfreude (pleasure at another’s misfo...
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
Scicon Review
 

Interoceptive Awareness in Experienced Meditators

Meditation can be conceptualized as a complex form of attentional and emotional training that promotes well-being and emotional balance.  In most meditation traditions, a common practice is to focus one’s attention to ...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Scicon Review
 

Outliers: The Story of Success

Why do some people succeed far more than others? Martin Gladwell, the author of The Tipping Point and Blink, tackles this question in his latest book Outliers.  Gladwell argues that the true story of success is much more comp...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Scicon Review
 

Personality and Motivations Associated with Facebook Use

Craig Ross, Emily S. Orr, Mia Sisic, Jaime M. Arseneault, Mary G. Simmering and R. Robert Orr Article in Computers in Human Behavior Abstract Facebook is quickly becoming one of the most popular tools for social communication....
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
Scicon Review
 

Identity Construction on Facebook: Digital Empowerment in Anchored Relationships

Shanyang Zhao, Sherri Grasmuck and Jason Martin Article in Computers in Human Behavior Abstract Early research on online self-presentation mostly focused on identity constructions in anonymous online environments. Such studies...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Scicon Review
 

Caloric Restriction Improves Memory in Elderly Humans

A. V. Witte, M. Fobker, R. Gellner, S. Knecht and A. Flöel Article in PNAS Abstract Animal studies suggest that diets low in calories and rich in unsaturated fatty acids (UFA) are beneficial for cognitive function in age. He...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Scicon Review
 

Hyperactivity and Hyperconnectivity of the Default Network in Schizophrenia and in First-degree Relatives of Persons with Schizophrenia

Susan Whitfield-Gabrieli, Heidi W. Thermenos, Snezana Milanovic, Ming T. Tsuang, Stephen V. Faraone, Robert W. McCarley, Martha E. Shenton, Alan I. Green, Alfonso Nieto-Castanon, Peter LaViolette, Joanne Wojcik, John D. E. Gabr...
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
Scicon Review
 

Organizing for the Kingdom of Behavior: Academic Battles and Organizational Policies in the Twenties

In his paper, Samelson (1985) highlights structural changes that occurred in academia and beyond during the 1920’s; like the changes and activities that were going on in research, these external changes were largely influ...