"Themistocles was an unruly boy, and carried on his mad pranks without much restraint. When taken to task for them he said, "The wildest colts make the best horses when they come to be properly trained." - Plutarch (46-120 AD) Interesting article The...

"We're not very good at the scholastic stuff, but we see other things that are different, and that's a big advantage." - Toby Cosgrove, M.D., CEO Cleveland Clinics From Leadership Powerhouse: "Cosgrove, an international legend in cardio thoracic...

Interesting study from Harvard found that a smaller corpus callosum (bundle that connects the right and left hemispheres), especially the posterior part was associated with higher levels of creativity on the Torrance Figural Creativity test. The latter...

Pretty cool finding. Music stimulates the memories and activities of stroke and Alzheimer's patients. From the WSJ: "Listening to rap and reggae on a borrowed iPod every day has helped Everett Dixon, a 28-year-old stroke victim at Beth Abraham Health...

Nina Kraus' lab at Northwestern reported findings that support dyslexics' greater difficulty hearing in background noise. From her powerpoints: As background noise increased, dyslexics / poorer readers had more difficulty distinguishing words....