06/19/2013

What does it mean to be evil? When considering the evil events in history, the holocaust remains one of the most notorious. Dr. Joel Dimsdale, professor of psychiatry at UC San Diego, began his work 40 years ago studying survivors of Nazi concentration camps, uncovering strategies of coping that helped these victims survive. However, after [...]

06/17/2013

Dementia is a deterioration of cognitive function that begins with mild cognitive impairment, which appears just like forgetfulness, and eventually ends in death. There are many causes of the disease such as stroke, chronic alcohol abuse and Alzheimer’s but there is no way to reverse the damage of the brain’s degeneration. Dr. Mario D. Garrett [...]

06/15/2013

Composer Anthony Davis presents a modern take on Shakespeare’s classic, King Lear. Lear on the 2nd Floor tells the story of Nora Lear, a neuroscience researcher suffering from early-onset Alzheimer’s. As Nora loses her bearings and autonomy, she is increasingly at the mercy of her three quarreling daughters. In this version, Nora’s dead husband Mortimer [...]