Date: August 12/19, 2002
"In his mind's eye he can see himself coolly flipping the garlic and pepper T-bones on the front acreage of his new grill while carefully testing the citrus-tarragon trout filets that sizzle fragrantly in the rear."
preview | full record— Brooks, David (b. 1961)
Date: 2006
"While the amygdala's role as a sentinel and trigger for distress is old news to neuroscience, its social role, as part of the brain's system for emotional contagion, has been revealed only recently."
preview | full record— Goleman, Daniel (b. 1946)
Date: April 18, 2011
"And so it goes, researchers say, with most study sessions: difficulty builds mental muscle, while ease often builds only confidence."
preview | full record— Carey, Benedict (b. 1960)
Date: September 2, 2011
"The disasters reveal a limitation of the muscle metaphor: certain evolutionarily prepared drives seem to withstand even the most bulked-up powers of will."
preview | full record— Pinker, Steven (b. 1954)
Date: March 17, 2012
"It forces the brain to resolve internal conflict, giving the mind a workout that strengthens its cognitive muscles."
preview | full record— Bhattacharjee, Yudhijit
Date: May 7, 2012
"The fear gets released later on, while I'm falling asleep and near-misses replay themselves in my mind's eye like an endless computer game fraught with constant hazards, in which I'm a disembodied Steadicam hurtling through busy city streets at the same speed something falls, pedestrians appeari...
preview | full record— Kreider, Tim (b. 1967)
Date: August 2012
"My father tried turning his thoughts into a substitute immune system."
preview | full record— Roth, Marco (b. 1974)
Date: April 12, 2013
"All of which goes to show that the real 'eye' of the beholder is the brain itself."
preview | full record— Kandel, Eric R. (b. 1929)
Date: May 12, 2014
"Now a growing stream of research suggests that strengthening this mental muscle, usually with exercises in so-called mindfulness, may help children and adults cope with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and its adult equivalent, attention deficit disorder."
preview | full record— Goleman, Daniel (b. 1946)