Author: Dr. David Lowemann

In A Puerto Rican Mountain Town, Hope Ebbs And Health Suffers

CASTAÑER, Puerto Rico — Helicopters from the power company buzz across the skies of this picturesque valley, ferrying electrical poles on long wires to workers standing on steep hillsides. The people of Castañer, an isolated village in Puerto Rico’s central mountains, watch warily. Crews have come and gone, and people living along the mountain roads […]

Published on April 19, 2018

Differential Hyperphosphorylation of Tau-S199, -T231 and -S396 in Organotypic Brain Slices of Alzheimer Mice. A Model to Study Early Tau Hyperphosphorylation Using Okadaic Acid

Bettina M. Foidl, Christian Humpel Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. David LowemannDr. David Lowemann, M.Sc, Ph.D., is a co-founder of the Institute for the Future of Human Potential, where he leads the charge in pioneering Self-Enhancement Science for the Success of Society. With a keen interest in exploring the untapped potential of the human […]

Published on April 19, 2018

Contrary to the Gospel, Ravens Do Plan Flexibly

The Gospel of Luke proclaims that ravens do not plan for the future; instead, God provides for them. However, in a recent study (Box 1) we showed that ravens are capable of domain-general planning, also called flexible planning, which we define as making decisions about futures outside one’s current sensory scope in domains for which […]

Published on April 19, 2018