The Ant and the Grasshopper
In Aesop’s fable of the ant and the grasshopper, a hardworking ant spends its summer days storing food for the winter ahead, while the indolent grasshopper lazes in the sunshine. A Pitt professor and his colleagues have found evidence that supports what many of us know from experience: When we face a choice involving the future, our inner ant and inner grasshopper begin to tussle. More >
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Victims of Capgras syndrome often cannot recognize their own image
September 23, 2003, 4:13 pm
Filed under: Biology, Health, Neuroscience, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Psychology
Filed under: Biology, Health, Neuroscience, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Psychology
In his room at the Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Joseph looked in the mirror. There, he saw a man he had never seen before. He pinched himself. The man in the mirror pinched himself. But it still wasn’t Joseph. More >
