Tag Archives: the brain

Detroit 2011 Maker Faire

By Mark | July 31, 2011

I spent a good part of the day today stumbling around in the heat at the Detroit Maker Faire. Among other things, I did the following… I got to see an incredibly cool demonstration of a turn-of-the-century steam-powered threshing machine put on by the employees of Greenfield Village. I visited the HackPittsburgh yurt, and, while […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Detroit, entrepreneurism, Other, Uncategorized | Also tagged Amelia marks, Backyard Brains, brain activity, chaff, Cheez Whiz, cockroaches, Electrophysiology, farming, Greenfield Village, high altitude balloons, invention, Maker Faire, neurons, Professor Frink, Ruth Marks, Science, SpikerBox, The Simpsons, thrashing, wheat | 10 Comments

The relationship between Stress and Compulsion

By Mark | August 18, 2009

I’m too busy at the moment (fulfilling compulsions) to add much in the way of context, but it occurred to me that I wouldn’t be a very good OCD blogger if I didn’t link to this article in today’s New York Times. Here’s a clip: …As though it weren’t bad enough that chronic stress has […]

Posted in Mark's Life, OCD, Other | Also tagged blood pressure, chronically stressed rats, cognition, compulsions, depression. Alzheimer's, diabetes, executive decision-making, goal-directed behaviors, habit, habitualization, immune system, mental health, neural circuitry, Nuno Sousa, OCD blogger, Portugal, rat race, research findings, stress, University of Minho, vicious circle | 10 Comments

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