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Ever since the Western world learned of the meditations performed by adepts of Eastern religions, experts have been fascinated by the influence that this religious practice has on the human brain. It would appear that, in addition to its relaxing purposes, meditation is also able to increase the size of certain brain... |
13 May 2009
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California Institute of Technology (Caltech) researchers have recently been able to identify the exact portion of the human brain that is responsible for exercising self-control, as in, for instance, when you decide to skip a fat-laden meal and to eat something healthier. Although it may seem simple to refuse at firs... |
4 May 2009
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Danish researchers from the University of Aarhus, led by expert Uffe Schjodt, found in a recent study that people praying to their gods actually show no signs of “anything mystical” in their brains while doing so. During the experiments, which involved 20 devout Christian volunteers, the subjects' br... |
13 April 2009
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Magnetic resonance is one of the most commonly used medical techniques in modern hospitals, helping physicians diagnose conditions that would otherwise remain hidden even to the most well-prepared experts. First-stage cancers and tumors, in the body or in the brain are all revealed by MRI, and a spin-off of the techn... |
27 March 2009
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Those players who are engaged in multiplayer matches against human opponents seem to develop limited mind reading ability shows a new study. Scientists have proven, using MRI, that different areas of the brain are activated when playing games against a computer than when playing against human opponents.The game the s... |
10 February 2009
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A new scientific study proves that video gamers who crave to play their favorite game exhibit about the same symptoms, neurologically speaking, as drug addicts looking to score their next dose. The same areas of the brain lit up, when MRI imaging was used on a few “game addicts,” whereas in the control gr... |
19 December 2008
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Reading the minds of others is a dream that most of us had at least once in their lifetime, and for good reason – things would be a lot simpler if we only knew what and what not to say to a person, or how to behave so as to make a positive impression. Currently, researchers in Japan are perfecting a technology ... |
14 December 2008
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It might sound like fiction to some, but to Sylvain Martel of the NanoRobotics Laboratory at Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal it is anything but. By using an MRI machine and specially designed software, Martel proved that it is possible to propel and control nanorobots inside the bloodstream of a living pig, bringing ... |
18 July 2008
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It is well known that MRI scanners can be currently used to probe inside the human brain, and other living beings for that matter, in order to determine the pattern of brain activity and correlate what will actions the respective being is performing at a given moment. However, scientists want more than the identifica... |
6 March 2008
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The brain may be an elastic organ, but once the skull is opened, it's not longer floating in the protective bath of cerebrospinal fluid, and gravity forces and atmospheric pressures change its shape, but also the location of the tumor(s) to be removed. The preoperative MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) is no lon... |
10 September 2007
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