In this video you can see how the Mast Brothers in NYC make their own chocolate. It's one of the very few places that craft bean-to-bar chocolate. They also have a blog. Be careful what kind of chocolate you buy, let them help you choose the right chocolate bar. If your not keen on very dark chocolate you could end up disappointed as this dude was.Related posts: A 3D Chocolate Printer The right chocolate dose Chocolate, Wine And Tea Improve Brain Performance ..read more »

The new edition of this carnival of the best psychology and neuroscience writing on the web is up at ProvidentiaRelated posts: Encephalon #66 Encephalon 57 on Mind Hacks Encephalon #58 Decision making on Highlight Health ..read more »

Today medical scans produce thousands of images and terabytes of data for a single patient in mere seconds, but how do doctors parse this information and determine what's useful? At TEDxGöteborg, scientific visualization expert Anders Ynnerman shows us sophisticated new tools -- like virtual autopsies -- for analyzing this myriad data, and a glimpse at some sci-fi-sounding medical technologies in development. This talk contains some graphic medical imagery. Why you should tell your kids to play video games. How graphic cards can be helpful with virtual autopsies in forensic medicine.Related posts: Visualizing Data It’s time to redesign medical data Medical Data Mining ..read more »

A short narrative and video about the story of the founding and evolution of Wikipedia.Related posts: Excellent Review of A History of Electroconvulsive Treatment in Mental Illness Shock Documentary The eye opening story about one of the most controversial medical treatments in history A Short History of Chocolate in the United States ..read more »

In a recent study the conclusion about social networking sites and teens was that 93% of teens and young adults go online, compared to only 38% of adults over 65 years of age. It is surprising that 7% of 12-29 year olds still don't use social networking sites. Twitter is the exception because it's the only social networking site not often used by teenagers and young adults. Here you can read more about social media and young adults. But why do some teenagers choose not to use social networking sites? From a research with American college students participating: disinterest, lack of understanding of .....read more »

A 3D video made from a CT scan reveals how a baby mummy died. Museum Secrets, is a six-part series on History Television. It uncovers the mysteries of museums such as the Vatican, the Louvre and Toronto’s Royal Ontario Museum.Related posts: Director of the Rijksmuseum Amsterdan retires Is Electroconvulsive Therapy The Right Choice? ..read more »

Good explanation of spaghettification in an entertaining talk based on the question of a kid: What will happen when you fall into a black hole? Don't forget to watch the video below, what you can do with a black hole Related posts: The Large Hadron Collider and the Black Hole Don’t Forget Me The Patient’s Guide to Vagus Nerve Stimulation and Depression ..read more »

Two recent large epidemiological studies again suggest a beneficial effect of chocolate consumption on cardiovascular disease. One study was a prospective study in 1216 women with a follow up of 9,5 years. The frequency of chocolate consumption was categorized in three groups": < 1 serving per week, 1-6 servings and 7 or more. Outcome was defined as plaque thickness in the carotid artery and hospitalization or death at follow up as clinical outcome. Not only were carotid plaques less prevalent in those women eating more chocolate but also those who ate more chocolate were less frequently hospitalized or death from ischemic .....read more »

Last year I had the pleasure of temporarily leading our psychiatry department. It was a difficult but in the end rewarding job. That's probably why a recent publication in Healthcare Executive drew my attention: The 10 most common myths about leadership. Leadership and management are the same dynamic.Leadership is more about vision, culture and values within an organization. Management is about executing plans, details and GTD. Having a big title (CEO, CFO, VP) makes you a leader. Titles only help you getting things done but there is no relationship between titles and leadership. Leaders can motivate others. Your task as a leader is .....read more »

How do you experience, perceive your blogging? This is a different question from why do you blog, or your motivation for blogging. This question is more about your blogging style. Well they have an questionnaire for that and it's recently validated. A total of 182 bloggers (87 males, 95 females; age range 18–64 years) recruited from MySpace.com participated in the study. So I'm not in it. And this is what they found: 4 styles to choose from: The Therapeutic Blogging style is a style that is open and expressive, focused on affective exchange and symptom relief, and more directed to the concerns of .....read more »