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Brainstorm: What Testosterone Has In Common With Schrodinger’S Cat, John J. Medina Ph.D. Jan 2012

Brainstorm: What Testosterone Has In Common With Schrodinger’S Cat, John J. Medina Ph.D.

Brainstorm

People are often startled by the extent to which environment plays a part in mediating the biological processes behind their behaviors.


Brainstorm: A Tale Of Two Video Clips, John J. Medina Ph.D. Jan 2012

Brainstorm: A Tale Of Two Video Clips, John J. Medina Ph.D.

Brainstorm

I have spent a lifetime trying to understand the distance between a gene and a behavior. Using the lens of psychiatric disorders, I’ve spent most of my professional life as a private research consultant, primarily to the pharmaceutical and biotech industries, on issues related to mental health. Despite great strides made in the field by literally thousands of colleagues, I am here to report that the rocky terrain between behaviors and genes lies mostly unmapped. For that I blame two video clips, both featuring legendary golfer and famously troubled ex­husband, Tiger Woods.


Brainstorm: John J. Medina Biography, John J. Medina Ph.D. Jan 2012

Brainstorm: John J. Medina Biography, John J. Medina Ph.D.

Brainstorm

John J. Medina, Ph.D., is director of the Brain Center for Applied Learning Research at Seattle Pacific University. He is a developmental molecular biologist whose research interests are focused on the genes involved in human brain development and the genetics of psychiatric disorders.