Blog Carnival

tags: books carnival, blog carnival The 21 October issue of the Books Carnival is now available for you to read and enjoy. I am pleased to say that they included two pieces written by me!
tags: Friday Ark, blog carnival The 161st edition of the Friday Ark is now available. This blog carnival focuses on linking to images of animals. Some of those images have stories associated with them, but the main emphasis is the image itself.
tags: blog carnivals, nature, science, medicine, tangled bank Good news, everyone; the 89th edition of The Tangled Bank blog carnival is now available for you to enjoy. Sorry I am late with this announcement, but you know, shit is what happens as you try to life your life.
Welcome to Encephalon, the blog carnival for brain geeks and those who love them. We got a heap of submissions this time around, so let's dive right in: The Brain: An Owner's Manual First up, Alvaro over at Sharp Brains discusses how aging brains may be affecting the legal profession, and urges us to keep our own memory problems in perspective in "Baby Boomers, Healthy Aging and Job Performance." If you're still convinced that your brain is putt-putting along like an old jalopy, it might be time to read up on the "three easy and quick mental exercises that everyone should be doing daily…
I'm a day late to the party, but I wanted to draw your attention to the latest edition of Encephalon, which is being hosted by the folks at Sharp Brains. I was particularly intrigued by The Neurophilosopher's review of Jonathan Moreno's book Mind Wars, which apparently includes evidence that "the majority of psychological research carried out during the mid-20th century was funded by the military," unbeknownst to researchers. Too bad X-Files is off the air. Sounds like Moreno's claims would have made for one hell of an episode.