Bill Ritzer's Articles in Neuro Biology

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The Spiritual Brain: A Neuroscientist's Case for the Existence of the Soul Science’s biggest mystery is the nature of consciousness. It is not that we possess bad or imperfect theories of human awareness; we simply have no such theories at all. About all we know about consciousness is that it has something to do with the head, rather than the foot. — Physicist Nick Herbert The five biggest neuroscience developments of the year. The human brain has spent its evolutionary history learning about everything else in the world. Since last summer, it has learned quite a bit about itself. It has discovered lots of things about female sexuality, incest, psychopaths, IQ, brain death, addiction, compulsive buying, and how to remotely control animals through cranial implants. But five major trends and breakthroughs stand out. Here they are, with links to related news items and columns. Anger Makes You Fat and Keeps You Fat! Why was it okay for Mimi's colleagues to vent, but no space for her views? Anger frothed up. She stopped at a store and bought a quart of chocolate ice- cream and a large bag of potato chips. That combination was the her most trusted and true numbing device. Emotional constipation was Mimi’s sign of power and resilience. She dealt with overflowing gunky confused emotions by converting the trash into fat. Find out how Mimi can opt out of the yoyo games she plays with her weight.

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