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Was James Damore Right About Women in Tech?

Dov Michaeli, MD, PhD - 10/8/2017 - 7

In a viral memo from Google’s Ideological Echo Chamber, James Damore lists personality differences that he says explain why women are less adept than men at software engineering.

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Survival of the Human Race Depends on Being Social

Dov Michaeli, MD, PhD - 9/10/2017 - 3

Our brains are hard-wired to be social because of its survival value, so how does the ‘me first’ philosophy of libertarianism mesh with our biology?

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What is Non-Verbal Learning Disorder?

Amy Margolis, PhD - 8/21/2017 - 0

Children with Non-Verbal Learning Disability are usually more advanced in language than any other area but they have a deficit in visual-spatial processing.

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Are Cultural Bias and Prejudice Inherited?

Dov Michaeli, MD, PhD - 8/7/2017 - 0

Thirty-seven years after Darwin published his masterpiece, On the Origin of Species, we have a plausible explanation of how the environment can generate heritable behavior.

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How One Student Struggles to Become a Good Doctor

Margaret Cary, MD, MBA, MPH and Jack Penner - 11/7/2016 - 0

Margaret (Maggi) Cary and Jack Penner reconstruct how they have worked together to help Penner become the good doctor he wants to be.

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How Dogs Can Teach Us To Be Better Humans

Steve Ambrose - 9/3/2016 - 1

Here are seven dog characteristics that we should try to apply to our own lives and interactions with others.

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