This is video #5 in a series that promotes my upcoming book The Power of Neurodiversity: Unleashing the Advantages of Your Neurodivergent Brain (Completely Revised and Updated Second Edition)  In this video, I take a concept from evolutionary biology and apply it to human culture. Niche construction is the process through which animals build environments...Read More

So, I hear you voted for Trump, eh?  Well, there’s no way I can possibly fathom why you made that choice – I’m sure you had your reasons.  But I just wanted you to stop for a moment and consider what you accomplished in voting for Donald J. Trump.  Look at what he’s done in...Read More

There’s a growing awareness in the scientific community that animals are far more intelligent than we previously supposed (for an excellent summary of what’s known about ”animal cognition” click here).  Now we can expand our understanding of this field by connecting it to Howard Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences.  Gardner says there are eight (or...Read More