Kuwait University
ELU/Science
162_Fall 2004
Instructor: Buthaina Al-Othman

ONLine Reading

Articles from the ONLine Magazine Scientific American

•   Scientific American: Sex Differences in the Brain
  Men and women display patterns of behavioral and cognitive differences that reflect varying hormonal influences on brain development
• Scientific American: Brain Asymmetries in Chimps Resemble Those of Humans
• Scientific American: Misconceptions about the Big Bang [ COSMOLOGY ]
  Baffled by the expansion of the universe? You're not alone. Even astronomers frequently get it wrong
• Scientific American: Obesity: An Overblown Epidemic? [ NUTRITION AND HEALTH ]
  A growing number of dissenting researchers accuse government and medical authorities--as well as the media--of misleading the public about the health consequences of rising body weights
• Scientific American: Training the Brain [ BEHAVIOR ]
  Cognitive therapy as an alternative to ADHD drugs