When you hear the word fungi, what comes to mind first? Uncomfortable, unpleasant skin or nail infections? A cluster of pale mushrooms in the woods or in the supermarket produce section? If so, you’re not alone—for most people, fungi wouldn’t rank among the top 10 must-have items of this year, or any year. But just […]

You’ve got to accentuate the positive * Eliminate the negative * Latch onto the affirmative! When Johnny Mercer penned the lyrics to “Accentuate the Positive” in 1944, he most likely wasn’t thinking about neuroscience and the mysteries of the human brain. Nonetheless, he succinctly summed up the possibilities that the reticular activating system offers us. […]