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Slowly Developing Primates are Not Dim-witted25 Apr, 2008 09:56 am Some primates have evolved big brains because their extra brainpower helps them live and reproduce longer, an advantage that outweighs the demands of extra...Unconscious Decisions in the Brain23 Apr, 2008 11:32 am Already several seconds before we consciously make a decision its outcome can be predicted from unconscious activity in the brain.Food Reward in the Absence of Taste Receptor Signaling10 Apr, 2008 04:40 pm It is well accepted that palatability, or the property of being pleasurable to the sense of taste, is a major factor leading to the overconsumption of...Nervous Conduction of Excitation Without Action Potentials3 Oct, 2007 12:08 pm The functioning of neuronal networks involves the conduction of excitation along the axon which is the wire-like part of the neuron...The Claim: Politically Liberal Brains are Better at Handling Change13 Sep, 2007 03:04 pm A recent report in Nature Neuroscience has gotten a lot of press. The headlines proclaim that "left-wing" brains are different from "right wing" brains...New Research Gives Insight into Biological Mechanisms Involved in Cerebral Aneurysms14 Sep, 2007 01:02 pm Research using single gene knockout mice has led to a finding which confirms the importance of nitric oxide biochemistry in the formation of cerebral aneurysms...Higher Social Skills Are Uniquely Human6 Sep, 2007 08:02 pm A new study published today in Science reports that humans have distinctive social skills. Esther Herrmann, lead author of the study,...New Insights into Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder6 Sep, 2007 12:57 pm Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a common debilitating psychiatric disorder, yet the cause of OCD is unknown and few effective treatments are available...Finding the Best Way to Train Older Brains3 Sep, 2007 01:30 pm Memory training programs are becoming popular, but do they work for everyone? The bad news is that the older we get, the less likely we are to show improvements...Scientists Discover ?Volume Control? for Connections between Brain Regions29 Aug, 2007 12:59 pm Nerve axons, the hair-like processes that connect brain regions, have been likened to telephone wires in that they faithfully relay information without...A Robot Controlled by a Simulated Rat Brain20 Aug, 2007 11:09 am For a long time scientists have been quite intrigued by the rat?s ability to perform spatial tasks such as maze solving. Rats can combine scent and visual...Word Learning in Children3 Aug, 2007 10:59 am Bob McMurray is a speech learning specialist. He explains his study on children's word aquisition ability and how this relates to learning in general...Learning a Second Language: Is It All In the Head?8 Aug, 2007 11:20 am Learning a foreign language can be quite difficult for some. In a world of hundreds of languages much of it can end up sounding like Greek...Controlling the Kids with Chemicals30 Jul, 2007 10:20 am Honey bee queens control their offspring with chemicals (pheromones), but how these chemicals work has largely remained a mystery...Spot the Difference: How Do Brains Tell one Place from Another?25 Jul, 2007 05:11 pm Our brains are continuously bombarded by shifting patterns of sensory inputs evoked by our environment. Even subtle changes in these patterns need to...Are Men as Talkative as Women?16 Jul, 2007 02:51 pm Yes, according to a USA Today article on a study that says that both sexes speak about 16,000 words a day.New Drugs Offer Stroke Treatment by Changing Activity of DNA19 Jul, 2007 10:59 am The discovery of small molecules that act as inhibitors of enzymes, small machines in cells, that are involved in the chemical modification of proteins...The Neuroscience of Decision-making5 Jul, 2007 11:54 am We often make decisions based on imperfect information from a variety of potentially conflicting sources. A new experiment reveals how monkeys and their...Make Assurance Double Sure ? Dual Networks for Behavioral Control9 Jul, 2007 02:01 pm The ability to exercise voluntary control over one?s own actions forms a central aspect of what it means to be human. The number of possible responses...Hope For Parkinson Patients29 Jun, 2007 03:14 pm This is CBS News on a new gene therapy treatment for the incurable brain disorder that affects millions of Americans.The Political Brain29 Jun, 2007 03:15 pm A recent brain-imaging study shows that our political predilections are a product of unconscious confirmation bias. Psychologist Drew Westen,...Focusing on attention29 Jun, 2007 03:15 pm There are many things in the world around us, too many for the brain to process in detail at the same time. A lot of these things, however,...Seduction by Neuroscience: Resisting the Allure25 Jun, 2007 04:43 pm At Professor Adam Kolber's Neuroethics & Law Blog, I learned of a new article now in press at the Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience...Explaining the Relation Between Birth Order and Intelligence22 Jun, 2007 05:04 pm The purposes of our study were to quantify the size of a birth order effect on IQ, if any, and to provide evidence that could support or oppose prevailing...The Political Brain19 Jun, 2007 02:29 pm Research in clinical and social psychology takes up what prompts our political judgement.Neurons and How They Work20 Jun, 2007 07:19 pm What are neurons and how do they work ? What allows us to think imaginatively and create ideas ? A comprehensive picture by Discovery Channel.Musical Tones Discovered in Speech4 Jun, 2007 12:25 pm A striking feature of music is the use of 12 specific tone intervals in musical composition and performance across many human cultures...I Think I Can Feel My Brain Evolving29 May, 2007 07:29 pm There?s a Far Side cartoon where a kid in a classroom raises his hand and says, ?May I be excused? My brain is full.? After two intense days at a brain...Study attempts to separate health from social influences on brain development25 May, 2007 03:55 pm Much research has found that there are IQ differences based on socioeconomic background of children: poorer children have lower IQs...Genetic Links Between Hyperactivity and Academic Achievement29 May, 2007 07:29 pm Hyperactive behavioral problems consisting of overactivity, impulsivity and inattentiveness are often associated with academic under achievement such that...How the Brain Translates Money into Force: a Neuro-imaging Study of Subliminal Motivation24 May, 2007 05:53 pm Most of us consciously work for the paycheck, along with other material and emotional benefits. But motivation may also be hidden...The Adult Brain Can Rapidly Reorganise to Compensate for Functional Interference21 May, 2007 12:40 pm When a person suffers brain damage, for example a stroke, their ability to move their limbs is often impaired. Over time, some degree of recovery can occur...[Video] Free Fall Experiment - Time Perception18 May, 2007 11:27 am Research being done in psychologist Dr. David Eagleman's lab, piloting free fall experiments to explore time warping during high adrenaline situation...Neuronal Communication: The Need for Persistence16 May, 2007 03:43 pm Scientists at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois, USA, studying mammalian spinal cord cells,...Clue to Onset and Progression of Huntington's Disease is Discovered18 May, 2007 11:27 am Huntington?s Disease is a devastating neurodegenerative genetic disorder which affects particular areas of the brain, progresses with time and worsens...Bad Brake Leads to Addiction15 May, 2007 12:36 pm Two weeks ago, lying on a hospital bed after surgery, I was hooked up to a morphine pump so I could self-administer morphine whenever I had pain...Bionic Vision with Brain Implants7 May, 2007 12:27 pm Implants in the relay station of the visual brain may one day be able to restore sight to those blinded by eye disease. That's what suggests Harvard Medical...A New Approach Towards the Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease9 May, 2007 01:09 pm Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurological disorder that slowly attacks and purloins the minds of its victims...Brain 'Niceness' Protein Required for Social Behavior14 May, 2007 12:42 pm The cell surface protein CD38, found on many immune cells such as leukocytes, is also present in neurons and astrocytes in the brain...Migraine Headaches: Maybe Not So Bad for the Brain after All?26 Apr, 2007 01:56 pm There is an urban myth circulating about migraine headaches, namely that they result in dysfunction of the central nervous system and may ultimately cause...Friendly Neighbors May Become Neuron Killers24 Apr, 2007 01:11 pm Neurodegenerative diseases, like amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), are characterized by a loss of specific subsets of brain cells called neurons...Magnetic Resonance Imaging May Predict Alzheimer's Disease25 Apr, 2007 11:39 am The "holy grail" of Alzheimer's disease research is prevention. For prevention of Alzheimer's disease we need two components: a way of detecting normal...Architectures of Flexible Control: Incongruence and Change Detection24 Apr, 2007 01:11 pm Among nature's most impressive feats of engineering is the remarkably flexible and self-optimizing quality of human cognition...Parasite Hijacks the Mind of its Host17 Apr, 2007 06:08 pm It sounds like something from a science fiction film: a parasite that enters the brain and manipulates the behaviour of its host...The dynamics of crowd disasters16 Apr, 2007 02:36 pm Science News has an intriguing article on how physicists have applied models of fluid dynamics to successfully understand dangerous crowd stampedes.Fly Attention5 Apr, 2007 04:53 pm In this article I show how one can study selective attention in flies by measuring their brain responses to competing visual stimuli...Using Your DNA to Remember21 Mar, 2007 07:12 pm In our article entitled ?Covalent modification of DNA regulates memory formation,? published in the current issue of the journal Neuron, Dr...Genetic Mapping in Combination with Brain Imaging May Help Diagnose Early Dementia20 Mar, 2007 10:51 am My recently presented thesis suggests that genetic mapping and brain imaging can be used to identify people who will go on to develop Alzheimer's disease...Higher Levels of Education Do Not Protect Against Age-Related Memory Decline1 Feb, 2007 07:22 pm In the current issue of the journal "Research on Aging" our article, ?Education and Cognitive Decline in Older Americans,? suggests that after age 70,... |
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