The paper this post is based on can be found here. Be warned, its pretty dense. The author, Doug Wallace, is one of my favorite researchers, and I'll be posting more from him in the future and attempting to translate it into a more digestible form. This post contains a summary of mitochondrial DNA vs Nuclear DNA, hapolotypes, and […]
About 2 months ago, I put up the facebook post that I've copied and pasted in italics below. I just came across this study looking at the epigenetic modfications to genes after listening to classical music that are related to brain function and singing in song birds. I'd consider it a pretty potent indicator that […]
The study describes how the oxytocin receptor gene can be turned up or turned down in response to different life experiences. Know someone who doesn't trust anyone or someone who would trust a stranger with their life? There might be underlying genetic differences that create the predisposition to either types of behavior, and then epigenetic […]
Avoidance of sun exposure as a risk factor for major causes of death: a competing risk analysis of the Melanoma in Southern Sweden cohort. Study Link Here Let me preface this post by saying that I'm a big proponent of reasonable sun exposure. Burning is clearly bad for a number of reasons, but more and […]
I was featured as a guest on the inaugural episode of Asheville. Ali McGee of Asheville Grit interviews me about psychoacoustics, my work with the sound chamber, how I found Apeiron, and a little bit about coaching. My portion of the interview starts about 30 minutes in. Thanks Ali for having me on! [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/305480220" params="auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true" width="100%" […]
This first blog is going to be a bit of a stream-of-consciousness style outline of the process of building this website, and an exposé on the internal dynamics of creating a platform like this. I hope it can be of value to someone teetering on the fence about whether to put themselves out there, and I hope […]
