Dr. Michael Spencer, a researcher at the University of Cambridge, led a study that has identified the reduced activity in a part of the brain associated with empathy and argues it may be a “biomarker” for a familial risk of autism. In a previous blog, “Mindblindness”, we reported on autism.  Individuals affected by autism have…

The summer weather was slow in arriving but is now in full blast.  In places like Sacramento and Reno, the temperature has been reaching triple digits.  How is all this heat affecting our behavior? Many people would blindly say that tempers rise when hot summer days are prevalent.  Try to argue with someone on that…

People with borderline personality disorders, better known as BPD, show a deficiency in emotion regulation skills. That might not sound like news but imagine getting so frustrated you wanted to smash your computer or scream really loud.  If that did not suffice, would you hurt yourself or would you just let out a sigh of…