Stories by Brian Levine

Brian Levine is a senior scientist at Baycrest's Rotman Research Institute in Toronto and Professor of Psychology and Medicine (Neurology) at the University of Toronto. He is a lead investigator on the Baycrest Brain Health in Professional Athletes Study, involving brain and behavior studies of retired professional ice hockey players. Follow Brian Levine on Twitter @briantlevine

Neurological Health

Head Injury and Chronic Brain Damage: It’s Complicated

Pro athletes can have other conditions that make diagnosis difficult

September 1, 2017 — Brian Levine and Carrie Esopenko | Opinion

Policy & Ethics

Just Say No to Head Transplants

A public service message from the grim reaper

May 10, 2017 — Brian Levine

Mental Health

Brian Wilson: A Cork on the Ocean

The rise and fall of the Beach Boys leader shows how crucial the brain's executive function is to creativity

March 9, 2017 — Brian Levine

Neuroscience

When Patients Can't Give Informed Consent to Be Research Subjects

A guardian can give the go-ahead, and despite some critiques of the practice, it can be done ethically

November 7, 2016 — Brian Levine

Behavior & Society

How Would Immortality Affect a Vampire's Memory?

About 30 years ago I saw my first Jim Jarmusch movie, Stranger than Paradise at the Detroit Film Theatre, a popular site for indie film screening situated in the Detroit Institute of Arts...

August 20, 2014 — Brian Levine

Mind

Brian Wilson: A Cork on the Ocean

The rise and fall of the Beach Boys leader shows how crucial the brain's executive function is to creativity

July 18, 2014 — Brian Levine

Mind

Brian Wilson: A Cork on the Ocean

The rise and fall of the Beach Boys leader shows how crucial the brain's executive function is to creativity

November 16, 2005 — Brian Levine