BehaviorDecember 19, 2016
Should We Let Doctors-in-Training Be More Sleep-Deprived?
A proposed new rule says yes, even though many new physicians already have depression and thoughts of suicide
Stories by Daniel Barron
Daniel Barron is director of the Pain Intervention and Digital Research Program, a National Institutes of Health–funded research clinic devoted to developing better tools to define chronic pain and psychiatric conditions, at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital. He completed his medical training and psychiatry residency at Yale University, his graduate work at the University of Texas and his fellowship in interventional pain medicine at the University of Washington. He is author of Reading Our Minds: The Rise of Big Data Psychiatry. Follow him on X (formerly Twitter) @daniel__barron or visit his website at danielsbarron.com
CognitionNovember 16, 2016
How Studying Neuroscience Transformed My Brain
Eighteen-year-old me would have—without a doubt—endorsed Donald Trump’s rhetoric
Mental HealthOctober 17, 2016
Do You Suffer from Trump Syndrome?
If you're displaying erratic behavior that seems irrational to others, part of the explanation could be plain old sleep deprivation
NeuroscienceAugust 22, 2016
How a Curious Condition Solved a Neuroscientific Mystery
A stroke patient, neuroimaging—and Colombian guerrillas—helped settle a decades-long debate on how the brain understands words
Mental HealthJune 23, 2016
Psychiatry When You Don't Speak the Language
An afternoon in a Chinese clinic makes it clear how important a patient's speech can be to making a diagnosis
NeuroscienceMay 10, 2016
How the Brain Processes Images
A visit to China reminds a neuroscientist that no matter how differently different cultures see the world, they process images in the same way
BehaviorMarch 23, 2016
Brains on Trial
A close brush with jury duty leads a neuroscientist to ponder what happens when the legal concept of guilt runs up against scientific notions of responsibility and free will
Mind & BrainMarch 10, 2016
Getting Past the "Shotgun" Approach to Treating Mental Illness
We treat depression by trying different drugs until we find one that works—a highly imprecise approach to treating the most sophisticated of organs, the brain