Thanks for dropping by Dr. Sharon Himmanen! Take a look around and grab the RSS feed. It looks like my goal of world domination have gotten a few steps closer, if two of the popular press articles I posted in the webliography are any indication. Schematic of the brain showing the ventral tegmental area. Researchers have figured out an elegant way to influence the decision making process.

The mind works in mysterious ways. On November 24, 2013 by nlaguilar217. Even thought the movie I watched last night was not scary at all, The Midnight Meat Train. Then you are more likely to watch horror movies more often compared to someone who was in a car accident on their way home from the theater.

I blame Jack Frost! I hear those sleigh bells ringing. Taken in early fall, I can not wait for winter! Apparently some Grinches out there do not share the same love of the winter as I do. While the faint hope of snow and below freezing temperatures keep me going, to others this could be a rather depressing season, some could even say they get sad. Frosty the snowman was jolly happy soul. But what really causes SAD? There could be a few factors.