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A California Official Helped Save a Mental Health Company’s Contract. It Flew Him to London.

The director of California’s mental health commission traveled to London this summer courtesy of a state vendor while he was helping to prevent a $360 million budget cut that would have defunded the company’s contract. Emails and calendars reviewed by KFF Health News show Toby Ewing, executive director of the Mental Health Services Oversight and […]

Published on October 23, 2024

What standing on one leg can tell you: Biological age

How long a person can stand — on one leg — is a more telltale measure of aging than changes in strength or gait, according to new research. 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 […]

Published on October 23, 2024

Scanning, scrolling, and swiping: New research uncovers why our brains are effective at quickly processing short messages

A team of linguistics and psychology researchers has discovered that when a brief sentence is flashed, our brains detect its basic linguistic structure extremely quickly — in roughly 150 milliseconds, or about the speed of a blink of an eye. Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. David LowemannDr. David Lowemann, M.Sc, Ph.D., is a co-founder […]

Published on October 23, 2024