The Science Of Changing Minds

Speech and thought bubbles portraying a conversation between a medical professional and a person who's fallen for misinformation. Patient: "Someone online told me to take this detox supplement!" Doctor: "Well, actually, that's not how it works..." Meanwhile, the Doctor thinks: "I'm not sure I'm getting through to them..."

As somebody who’s married to a physician, I’ve realized that all it takes for you all to be convinced that something is true – and frankly, for me too – is the science behind it. Something you might not have known about me: I really like brains. I have two degrees in psychology, specializing in […]

Dr. Glaucomflecken’s Match Day Memories

Match Day is coming! Once again, the most exhilarating, depressing, fun, horrifying, and thrilling day of the medical calendar is upon us. This is the day when tens of thousands of impending med school graduates find out what specialty they will be locked into for the foreseeable future and where they will be learning said […]