A Heartfelt Farewell to My Hero, Oliver Sacks, a Man Who Cannot Be Mistaken for Anything Else but a Human Phenomenon
By Inna Rozentsvit I would like it to be thought that I had listened carefully to what patients and others have told me, that I’ve tried to imagine what it…
Mind’s Wisdom: Neuroplasticity and Neurointegration as Tools for Post-traumatic Growth
by Inna Rozentsvit One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful. ― Sigmund Freud A single event can awaken within us a stranger totally…
Neurobiology of the Beholder’s Share and the Mystery of the Ordinary
by Inna Rozentsvit There really is no such thing as Art. There are only artists. – E. Gombrich We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we…
Not Guilty by Reason of Brain Damage? Neurobiological Underpinnings of Violence
First published in NAAP News (Fall 2013 issue): by Inna Rozentsvit “The Roots of Violence: Wealth without work, Pleasure without conscience, Knowledge without character, Commerce without morality, Science without humanity,…
NEUROBIOLOGY OF PARENTING: LOVE AT OR BEFORE FIRST SIGHT?
First published in NAAP News (Spring 2013) by Inna Rozentsvit “Childhood is a very, very tricky business of surviving it. Because if one thing goes wrong or anything goes wrong,…
Neurobiology, Creativity, Madness, and Their Vicissitudes
First published in NAAP News (Winter 2012 issue): by Inna Rozentsvit If a man comes to the door of poetry untouched by the madness of the Muses, believing that technique…
Neuroscience of Empathy
First published in NAAP News (Fall 2012 issue): by Inna Rozentsvit “…in its’ arguably most transformative and revelatory capacity it is the power that enables us to empathize with humans…
Neurobiology of Generosity
First published in NAAP News (Summer 2012 issue): by Inna Rozentsvit “The true meaning of life, Wesley, is to plant trees under whose shade you do not expect to sit.”…
The Neurobiological Basis of Thanksgiving, or Neuroscience of Giving and Receiving
First published in NAAP News (Fall 2011 issue): by Inna Rozentsvit “… (G)iving liberates the soul of the giver.” Maya Angelou “Generosity is not giving me that which I need more…