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David DiSalvo Patient Expert

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Blog: http://neuronarrative.wordpress.com
I'm David DiSalvo, a freelance writer and research wonk whose background includes creating public health and awareness campaigns about the dangers of lead poisoning to children, the need for better energy efficiency technologies from Boston to Beijing, and the scourge of poor air quality in cities... Full Bio
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New Website! by David DiSalvo Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Hi everyone. I’ve just launched a new website called The Daily Brain .  We’ll be providing daily doses of science and tech news … please come by and visit! ... Read on »
New book just released! by David DiSalvo Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Greetings! My book, "What Makes Your Brain Happy" was just launched this week and I'm interested to know if anyone writing in the psychology / cognitive science arenas wo ... Read on »
If You’re Looking for Me… by David DiSalvo Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Here’s where to find me: Read on »
If You’re Looking for Me… by David DiSalvo Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Here’s where to find me: Neuronarrative on Psychology Today.com Neuropsyched on Forbes.com Read on »
Chronicling the Final Month of Book Writing by David DiSalvo Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine For anyone interested, I’m chronicling the final month of writing my book, “What Makes Your Brain Happy, and Why You Should do the Opposite” (Prometheus Books, 2011) ... Read on »
New Blog! by David DiSalvo Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Hi everyone.  In addition to Neuronarrative on PsychologyToday.com, I’ve also relaunched Brainspin as an independent blog here .  Please subscribe via RSS and/or emai ... Read on »
Moving! Moving! Moving! by David DiSalvo Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Hi Everyone, I’ve been busy moving Neuronarrative over to Psychology Today and just about ready to shut the lights here. If you haven’t already, please take ... Read on »
John Cleese on Creativity by David DiSalvo Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine In this remarkable short talk, comic genius John Cleese explains what he has learned about the creative process.  Be ready to take notes, because he passes alon ... Read on »
Going Live on ‘Psychology Today’ by David DiSalvo Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Wanted to let everyone know that Neuronarrative is now officially a Psychology Today blog, here .   Please subscribe to the RSS feed for updates. Best,          ... Read on »
Going Live on ‘Psychology Today’ by David DiSalvo Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Wanted to let everyone know that Neuronarrative is now officially a Psychology Today blog, here .  It will continue to live on in this space as well, and ... Read on »
Bargaining with Monkeys Like Us by David DiSalvo Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine In this excellent TED talk, primatologist  Laurie Santos discusses the roots of human irrationality by uncovering the way our primate relatives make decisions. ... Read on »
Did You See the Gorilla? An Interview with Psychologist Daniel Simons by David DiSalvo Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine If you’ve spent any time on YouTube over the last few years (and you know you have), you’ve likely seen the video of the invisible gorilla experiment (if y ... Read on »
Looking into the Mind of a Murderer by David DiSalvo Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine In the first video below, Dr. Jim Fallon discusses his studies of murderers’ brains and the surprising patterns that he has identified, including an overabundan ... Read on »
How a Woman’s Touch Can Make You Risk it All by David DiSalvo Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine If you’re a man who has patronized Vegas casinos, this scenario might sound familiar to you. You’re standing at the Craps table and have already rolled a ... Read on »
Ask, Don’t Tell, and Get it Done by David DiSalvo Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Are you the sort of person who routinely tells yourself that you probably can’t achieve whatever it is you’d like to achieve? Does the voice in your head say ... Read on »
Everything We Knew About Human Vision is Wrong: Author Mark Changizi Tells Us Why by David DiSalvo Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine For theoretical neurobiologist and author Mark Changizi, “why” has always been more interesting than “how.” While many scientists focus on the mechanics of ho ... Read on »
51 Pragmatic Suggestions: Mix, Match, Dismiss, Do! by David DiSalvo Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine 1. Learn how to enter and exit the daily vortex (it will swallow you if you don’t) 2. Don’t give people the power to direct your life (because if you do, they will) ... Read on »
What Makes Us Human? by David DiSalvo Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine I’ve posted below three videos that I think collectively do a nice job of addressing major issues underlying the perennial question: what makes us human?  ... Read on »
‘The Male Brain’ Shows the Problem with Many Pop Science Books–They Lack Science by David DiSalvo Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine A few years ago I read Louann Brizendine’s book, “The Female Brain” , and marveled at her ability to take weak correlations and turn them into impressively scientific-so ... Read on »
When You Expect Rapid Feedback, the Fire to Perform Gets Hotter by David DiSalvo Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Let’s say that you’re preparing for an extremely important test that you and roughly 100 other classmates will be taking in a week.  A few days before the test, you find ... Read on »
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