Thank to you everyone for your overwhelming response to the “Submit your questions to Dr. Matsumoto” post on March 16th. Here are a few questions and answers by Dr. Matsumoto himself! You can find out more about Dr. Matsumoto and his research at his website You can read Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4 of the…

Kids across the country are competing at higher and higher levels in sports, in and out of school.  Being a part of a team is great for learning socializing skills and physical activity is good for the body, but are sports emotionally healthy for kids? For many kids the adolescent and teenage years are physiologically…

Most of us recognize people we know by looking at their faces.  It seems to be an automatic inherent brain function. But what if you couldn’t delineate between people based on their faces?  There are some people who simply cannot distinguish between faces even those of loved ones such as a husband, wife, son or…