David's Blogs

I am still feeling a bit overwhelmed by my recent elevation from "De Facto" Director, and "Acting President" to Official titles, that on paper can actually effectively and efficiently accomplish administrative tasks. Sitting in the MGH Neurology Department, with Dr Daniel B. Hoch, (Dan) I couldn't help think about the BrainTalk of old.
Dan and I had a great discussion about the BT of old. Doing so, I seemed to be able to highlight the most important reasons for the complete ...

I have often wondered how many people have questioned when they look at the world, do they see the same thing as the person next to them? Do they ask how their perception differs from mine? Does their world the same? What do they see when they look at the color red?

In reflecting on this, and everything the brain is responsible for; our whole life. Keeping our bodies alive so we can consciously perceive the world around us. Then of course that brain processes that world and interprets ...

For some reason, when I entered upon this endeavor, I think somehow I had imagined it might be interesting, perhaps adventurous, even in a way diverting. I was still young, in my early twenties; In my mind having learned much about seizures and epilepsy in general, yet only recently having taken full active responsibility for my own treatment of a seizure disorder I had since I was nine. My thoughts were that “It’s not my parents (Father) that are having the seizures, I am. I should ...