This Week in Confirming Things I Always Assumed Were True
June 11, 2010
- Darth Vader satisfies the diagnostic criteria for Borderline Personality Disorder.
- Multitasking degrades task performance and decreases performance efficiency. (Hat tip to Kevin Drum)
- Statistical study confirms that life on earth has one common ancestor.
- Binge drinking kills brain cells. Specifically, hippocampal stem cells responsible for churning out new neurons, thus potentially causing lasting impairment of brain function. At least, that’s true for adolescent monkeys. A reasonable bet says it’s true for adolescent humans, too. Via Ed Yong.
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