Body in Mind

There is a really attractive theory that has been used to explain why some people have chronic ongoing pain even though there is nothing wrong in the body part that […]

Here is an important study.  A couple of Italian Neurologists have investigated people with carpal tunnel syndrome who report that their pain has spread beyond the boundaries of the median […]

Jeisea alerted us to what I think is a superb blog post by Greg Hickok Center for Cognitive Neuroscience University of California, Irvine on mirror neurons, inspired by a study out […]

Ahora explique el dolor en español. Raphael el soldado de caballería estupendo debe tener su sangre en botella para el gran esfuerzo que él ha puesto en esto, la versión […]

The five senses are usually studied in isolation and there is no doubt that this ‘divide and conquer’ method has given us very valuable insight into the way the brain […]

In an intriguing political story, it seems that Switzerland is on the verge of voting in legal representation for all victim animals. A key consideration is whether a fish, for […]

Lorimer just wrote this opening paragraph for a book chapter.  Heidi said “Stick that up as a blog post”. Lorimer said “OK”. The rest is history…… Biological organisms are proficient […]

Recently, I was asked by a national television network to participate in a live debate on “positive thinking versus physiotherapy for back pain”.  I thought it sounded sufficiently dubious to […]

Something potentially amazing just happened. I’m not being flippant, a randomised controlled trial (RCT: still the only research method that can genuinely tell whether a treatment works) from China has […]

The NEJM just posted this entry that clearly shows that when clinicians report side effects of the drugs that their patient is taking, their reports don’t agree with what patients […]