A recent New York Times article (see link below) details a growing pattern of stimulant abuse by high school students seeking to boost test scores and grades. While clearly not…

In an Op-Ed piece in this Saturday’s (January 28, 2012) N.Y. Times, professor L. Alan Sroufe, Ph.D, professor emeritus, of psychology at the University of Minnesota’s Institute of Child Development,…

This month (January 2012) Consumer Reports posted an article on their website “Is fish oil right for you?”.  In this article the authors suggest that “Although the evidence isn’t overwhelming,…

What is working memory?:  For those unfamiliar with the concept working memory is a higher order, or more complex cognitive ability,  involving the capacity to hold ideas or concepts or…