As we age, the chances of getting Alzheimer’s disease or another dementia increases. The number of people with Alzheimer’s disease doubles about every 5 years beyond age 65. About one-third of all people age 85 and older may have Alzheimer’s disease.  However, many people live into their 90s and beyond without ever developing dementia. (Click...Read More

[Spoiler Alert!  This post reveals critical plot points about the movie Mulholland Drive, so if you don’t want your movie experience ruined, skip this article].  I saw an interesting Medscape article earlier this month suggesting that just seconds before death in some instances, the brain’s electrical activity zooms into high gear.  Contrary to some critical...Read More

Last week I did a podcast with author and speaker Ed Gerety, CSP, on the subject of Tapping the Power of the Adolescent Brain.  Some of the take-aways from the interview include: “What were they thinking?” A lot of things are going on in the teenage brain that were not going on 2-3-4 years ago....Read More

This video is part 3 of a 10 video series based on a course I taught called Introduction to Neurodiversity, at Bridges Graduate School for Cognitive Diversity in Education.  It discusses the roots of the neurodiversity movement showing how it essentially emerged in the 1990’s out of the autistic rights movement, which itself emerged from...Read More

I’ve just written an article on multiple intelligences and healthy aging for Branton Shearer’s MI@40 newsletter on LinkedIn.  Dr. Shearer has been a key player in the saga of multiple intelligences for decades.  He created what is still, I believe, the only valid and reliable assessment for multiple intelligences (MI):  the Multiple Intelligences Diagnostic Assessment...Read More