Where is the Female Leadership Brain?

  No need to ask Barbara Kellerman, Harvard Business Review author, where’s the female brain for leadership. Ms. Kellerman makes it concisely evident that women are still far from the leadership roles they aspired to from the days of the women’s movement almost 50 years ago.  She dismisses the banter that women are closing the [...]

But My Brain Says the Taste Feels So Gooood!

        [Please forgive inclusion of photos.  I take no responsibility for stimulating your cravings, but it is done to clearly identify items used in research study to arrive at scientific results.] Is it possible that you are corrupting your own brain circuitry with that upsized cheeseburger, milkshake or heaven forbid slice of cheesecake!  If [...]

Battle of the Toaster Brains

Moving away from stereotypes and towards greater gender equality is the desire of numerous authorities in the fields of social and interpersonal relationships as they try to downplay or minimize differences between the sexes. Unfortunately, they have failed to consider the hard core evidence from men and women who daily face off one another in [...]

A Brain Quotation That May be Just Right for You

I thought I could make it easy for you. I went looking for a definition of the brain that would capture its essence and its function without being too scientific or too complex. No such luck.  Even my own brain started to get stuck in the quagmire of defining terms. So I thought maybe there [...]

A Glitch When It Comes to Making Brain Decisions Between Men and Women

When it comes to making decisions, how easy is it for you?  By that I mean how quickly on average does it take?  You will most likely respond with … “well that it all depends.”  That is true — it all depends on the number of factors your brain has to process. Your brain is [...]

If You Thought You Had a Bad Day, What About Your Brain?

Remember that moment when you knew it was going to be a bad day? Whatever the circumstances or reasons your mood shifted downward, maybe a headache or worst yet a migraine was looming on the horizon or you could feel the knots in your stomach starting to protrude as they tighten up. You instantly recognized the [...]