What is the executive brain? The human brain’s frontal lobe is the most recently-evolved component, and more developed in humans than in any other species, but with this advancement come the complexities and challenges of a postmodern era. Known as the Executive Brain, the frontal lobe is responsible for high-order functioning, governing judgment and ethical…
How does your name ‘grey matters’ apply to your addiction treatment? Grey Matters has obvious neuroscience connections, but when I came up with the name is was a “double entendre” that went right through the obvious brain connotations and into the realm of decision making science; that is, after years of watching people making very…
What is Neuroeconomics? Since the late 1990s, mental health practitioners noticeably started to rethink their approaches to psychotherapy, calling into question many of the traditional beliefs and assumptions that have governed best-practice methods for centuries. The explosion of neuroeconomics and related behavioural economics has, over the past 15 years or so, brought about a step-change…
I remember being a student at Notre Dame and reading some classic CS Lewis in those required theology classes; a quote of his always stuck with me. Somewhere along the way he was asked in a class he was teaching how to define humility and he answered in a clever way that described what it…
I was asked recently what was a blunder in the early days when I was practicing psychotherapy that embarrassed me and yet gave me pause to learn something profound. With the growth of my current company concentrating on high powered, critical stakes decision making moments with people, I do catch myself going back in my…
One of the bennies of traveling is that one can get some unique local perspectives on larger current issues, which can be so rich when one just happens to be in such a culturally and educationally stimulating region like New England. So, as I was on a hotel treadmill listening to a local network interview…
How are we just like Congressman Weiner? Like you all, I am both oddly perturbed that Congressman Weiner’s sexting scandal is front page news and mildly intrigued. No, not from some perverted visual curiosity of the inappropriate pictures, but from a neuroscience side—-this incident, for me, is rich with key commentaries about: Human Decision Making…
This past week a wonderful article entitled “NFL is Head-Serious About Safety” written by noted sports columnist Rick Telander came out in the Chicago Sun Times. In this excellent call-to-action piece of press, he tells the story of the NFL becoming more attuned to the subtle yet substantial effects that a blow to the head…
Information for companies and professional groups seeking renowned keynote speakers for conferences & events focusing on excellence and achievement It is a very well-known fact that people often learn more effectively while in the presence of others who are also seeking knowledge and/or self-improvement in a similar capacity. There is a certain sense of feeding…
How advanced neuroscience addresses true, in-depth life change recovery solutions for stress and life-burnout – it’s time to “change the way we change” I have spent much of my career helping those who have, in many cases, attempted traditional therapy and treatment approaches more than once. They have gone to any myriad of medical and/or…