Tag Archives: Brain Disorders

Mal de debarquement – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mal_de_debarquement I’m surprised at the rarity of this condition, but maybe that’s because I get it myself, and assumed everyone else did too. My first experience with MdDS was after taking two boat trips and two long-haul overnight trains (on the top bunk, where the sway is most noticeable). I spent the next week with […]

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Down Syndrome Dolls

http://www.downsyndromedolls.com/ The brain-disorders tag isn’t mine, though I find it fitting for this review; I thumbs it up partly in solidarity with this specialty doll-makers, but also to rebuke those Stumblers who claim they had a laugh at the pages and pictures. (And, sadly, there are more than show on the review page.) The manufacturers […]

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Almost Before We Spoke, We Swore – New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/20/science/20curs.html?ei=5070&en=f5e499026ab42a3f&ex=1127361600&pagewanted=all Neat Times article about swearing – both as a psychological impulse and (most interesting to me) how swear words develop and fade through the ages. The fun graphic that accompanies the article is too big to post, but I highly recommend it, not least for the fact that the listed “stem siren” is due […]

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