Tag Archives: cognition
Super Mom? Nope.
I am not a super mom and I never will become a super mom. This semester has been quite difficult for me because I finally hit a wall: I did too much and did not do as well as I wanted. But I did learn a lot about a few things.
So much learning, so little time
A couple of weeks ago, I blogged about the first anniversary of a surgery that saved my life. I later asked my kids why they never said anything to me about the upcoming anniversary or the milestone in my life. They replied that they had seen my in a lot of pain for months, and [...]
Chocolate is good for your brain!
A lovely fellow student in Neuropsychology did her presentation today on how chocolate can be good for cognition. I totally grooved on this presentation and was a bit of a loud mouth considering how important chocolate is to my life. The following is the presentation that she gave. She even spent money on a PPT [...]
Hmmmm… A Chocolate Scientist?
CNN and NPR reported last week that Mars, Inc. has donated $10 million to map the chocolate genome. This is all an effort to eventually create “better tasting” strains and to create strains that resist crop diseases. That is a relief to me. I require at least one piece of chocolate every day to keep [...]

