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Dr. Lieff graduated from Yale College with a B.A. in mathematics, and Harvard Medical School with an M.D. He is a practicing psychiatrist, with specialties in geriatric psychiatry and neuropsychiatry. He was a pioneer in geriatric psychiatry, building some of the first geriatric medical/psychiatry hospital units, and the largest geriatric treatment network in New England, which he directed for twenty years. He is a specialist in the interface of psychiatry, neurology, and medicine.
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Animal Cultures

All behavioral studies performed while animals are in captivity are suspect. Even flies, and other insects, behave differently in experimental conditions rather than a natural habitat. But, some animals are extremely difficult to study in the wild, especially if they travel much faster than we do, such as birds, or can…
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Jon Lieff YouTube Channel

The new Jon Lieff YouTube channel was started with a series of questions and answers from a Skype interview by Evita Ochel on EBTV. To view the channel and watch any one of the videos please click here. The eleven videos are on the following topics: How does meditation change the brain What is the relationship…
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Complexity in Searching for the Neural Code

Neuroscience searches for an algorithm known as the neural code. Such a code translates the firing of neurons into mental events including thoughts and emotions. Current large scale attempts to “map” the brain are based on this concept. This post will address some of the many, extremely difficult, problems with this…
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Hour-Long Skype Interview of Jon Lieff, M.D. Answering Questions about Searching for the Mind
Interview of Dr. Lieff by Evita Ochel on EBTV To see the interview click here Questions covered include: The relationship of consciousness, mind and brain; Intelligence in animals, plants, and microbes; An expected paradigm shift in science where mind is viewed as an integral aspect of nature; Meditation…
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Inverse Relationship of Cancer and Brain Disease

Cancer and common brain diseases are in some ways mutually exclusive. If cancer is up then brain disease is down; if brain disease is up then cancer is down. What possible molecular interactions could bring about the fact that more brain disease means less cancer? This strange inverse relationship of cancer and brain…
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