Is English Making Us Dyslexic?
Article in Time magazine: Compared to Italian, Spanish, and similar languages, English spelling is dum.
Neuropsychology Word of the Day: Ammon’s Horn
Ammon’s horn: Portion of the hippocampus that is a common site for scar tissue formation (i.e., sclerosis or gliosis), which often gives rise to temporal lobe seizures. Ammon was an ancient Egyptian god was depicted as a ram, and this area is so named because of its resemblance to a ram’s horn.
Source: David Loring, PhD (npsych listserv)
International Neuropsychological Society Dictionary
Find Ammon’s horn in this slice:
http://medicine.creighton.edu/medschool/neuroatlas/lab/Lab8/08.html
What Can We Do About Student E-mails? - Association for Psychological Science
Students - take note. E-mails to your professors are considered professional correspondence. Use them as practice, and even elicit feedback. You’ll appreciate the skill once you start job hunting and networking.
This is a satellite photo of the Ganges. It is a good example of pattern replication in nature. The twisting lines of the rivers are in fact approximate fractals.
Looks like purkinje neurons!
Reblogged from Cattelia
River of dreams
The hippocampus is a region of the mammalian brain involved in learning and memory. In this confocal microscopy image of an adult mouse’s hippocampus by Sandra Dieni of the Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology at Albert-Ludwigs University in Germany, reactive astroglia (star-shaped cells that support neurons in the brain, here colored pale yellow) have proliferated and enlarged in response to neuronal activity over time.
Reblogged from Dimensional Transcendentalism
Anonymous asked: hi there, i am interested in pursuing clinical neuropsychology as a career and was wondering what degrees are needed to get there. would i need to get my bachelor's, master's, and then a Ph.D. (or bachelor's, then Ph.D.)? also, would i have to find a school with a neuropsych degree specifically, or clinical psych at a school that has faculty specializing in neuropsych/neuro? any feedback on this would be much appreciated. your blog is very informative. :)
Hello,
Thanks for your interest in neuropsychology. Generally, training in neuropsychology involves a Bachelor’s in psychology or related field, as well as a PhD or PsyD. You may earn your Master’s after your Bachelor’s either as part of a doctorate program (“enroute Master’s) or before applying to a doctorate program.
Training in neuropsychology is usually attained through a clinical psychology program that specializes in neuropsychology or that offers a neuropsychology “track.” I completed my doctorate in a neuropsychology program that offered a clinical psychology track.
For detailed info on training guidelines for becoming a board-certified clinical neuropsychologist, see the Houston Guidelines for specialty training:
