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Mathematics isn't exactly people friendly, which is why the news that zapping the brain might help a person understand it better and faster is bound to make some heads turn. Cognitive neuroscientist Roi Cohen Kadosh of the University of Oxford, UK and his fellow researchers have recently carried out a series o... |
17 May 2013
03:02 GMT |
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A team of researchers now say that they have managed to find the brain region responsible for controlling aging throughout the whole body.
Following their carrying out several experiments on mice, the Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Yeshiva University discovered that these animals' hypothalamus was the ... |
2 May 2013
03:20 GMT |
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Those who spend serious amounts of time flying around from one part of the world to another are likely to see such travels as an opportunity to catch up on some work or even learn a few new things.
Not to burst these people's bubble or anything, yet Professor David Gradwell, currently referred to as Britain�... |
1 May 2013
16:41 GMT |
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It is no news that a high intake of alcohol can harm a person's overall health condition and even affect their brain.
Still, a new study claims that the damage caused to one's brain by alcohol consumption can be prevented and even reversed to a certain extent with the help of regular exercise.
The Unive... |
17 April 2013
16:11 GMT |
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A series of experiments carried out at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital have led researchers to the conclusion that, whenever introduced to new music, the human brain labels the experience as a rewarding one.
Furthermore, the scientists who conducted this investigation maintain that, by analyzing da... |
12 April 2013
16:41 GMT |
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A new investigation into the health benefits of eating chocolate on a fairly regular basis has revealed that this sweet treat is quite efficient in lowering an individual's risk of suffering a stroke at one point in their lives.
Although it is very much true that several other previous studies have shown that,... |
25 March 2013
03:39 GMT |
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More often than not, people work on the assumption that alcohol tends to cloud people's minds, which is why it is best to keep away from it as often as possible.
However, a new research claims that, contrary to popular belief, heavy drinkers are likely to experience both an energy boost and an increase in the ... |
13 March 2013
04:20 GMT |
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Certain organizations whose members are willing to do just about anything to convince people to become vegetarians might get some unexpected help from a picture posted online only a few days ago by a 19-year-old student from England.
Truth be told, the picture is disgusting, and shows how Ibrahim Langoo's cris... |
7 January 2013
10:59 GMT |
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For over four months, a clear liquid had been leaking out of Aundrea Aragon's nose and it might have eventually proven fatal to her since it turned out to be brain liquid. However, doctors kept assuring her it was nothing but allergies. Although for four months she had to continuously use towels to stop the liq... |
4 December 2012
04:21 GMT |
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A study led by scientists at the University of Edinburgh reveals for the first time the moment in history when human beings gained the ability to think, learn and analyze different conditions. It has been determined that human genes' evolution to a level where thinking was enabled dates to over 500 million year... |
3 December 2012
03:11 GMT |
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After years of study, a group of researchers led by Chris Eliasmith, a neuroscientist at the University of Waterloo, created Spaun, “the world's largest simulation of a functioning brain.” Chris Eliasmith, the author of a soon-to-be-published book describing the complex construction of the brain, in... |
30 November 2012
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A study led by scientists from the French National Center for Scientific research in Grenoble and published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on November 26 discloses the mysteries of the brain activity during coma.
The study shows that coma patients experience a considerable reorganization of t... |
27 November 2012
10:55 GMT |
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A study led by scientists at West Virginia University School of Medicine and exposed today at the congress of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), shows that chemotherapy affects the brain causing concentration and memory disorders most of all.
Researchers have used positron emission tomography (PET) al... |
27 November 2012
03:28 GMT |
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A study led by scientists of King's College in London shows that smoking degenerates the brain through its influence on the memory and the rationing abilities. The study, published in the Age and Ageing journal, consisted of the observation of 8,800 people aged over 50 in order to determine whether the possibi... |
27 November 2012
02:39 GMT |
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A study conducted by scientists at Indiana University and Wayne State University reveals that drug and alcohol dependents are less responsive to negative messages.
This immunity turns negatively structured persuasive discourses ineffective.
Researchers observed the response of substance addict people's brain ... |
26 November 2012
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A study led by researchers from John Moore University in Liverpool and the University of Manchester shows that the image of someone scratching an itch awakens in us the feeling that we need to scratch too.
The over 30 participants at the experiment were shown a series of images containing parts of skin with insects ... |
23 November 2012
07:45 GMT |
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A group of researchers led by professor Jing Lu from the University of Electronic Science and Technology in China offer a singular perspective over the humans' brain, managing to make music out of its waves. Previous studies have been conducted in this field by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Sc... |
17 November 2012
06:12 GMT |
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With Halloween upon us, today is perhaps the best day to ask ourselves the years-old question: could zombies really exist? Could certain conditions turn man into a beast that knows no reason, is extremely aggressive, feeds on flesh and is in no way identifiable as human anymore?
The answer is in the video above but,... |
31 October 2012
14:11 GMT |
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Fuxianhuia Protensa will most likely be the arthropod that the archaeological and zoological communities will talk about the most for a while. The reason is simple: the fossilized remains of one, dating back 520 million years ago, were found in China. They include the remarkably well-preserved remains of a brai... |
16 October 2012
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Researchers with the Center for Behavioral Neuroscience at the American University, led by director Terry Davidson, found in a new study that exposure to highly-saturated fats and refined sugars effected a series of changes in the brains of rats.
The same type of effect may occur in the human brain as well. Accordi... |
2 October 2012
09:58 GMT |
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Yesterday, the online issue of the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology saw the publication of a new study concerning the effects of speech therapy on the brain.
More precisely, it is now argued that just seven days of intense therapy (as much as three sessions per day) can aid the brain in reorgani... |
9 August 2012
03:52 GMT |
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A group of experts from the Arizona State University (ASU) and the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NULS) have recently discovered that foraging bees that are made to take on social duties and nest responsibility display a rejuvenation of their brain.
This change is equivalent to a human brain aging backwards... |
3 July 2012
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Microprocessor giant Intel is reportedly planning for a world in which all our brains are connected to smartphones and we “benefit” while they profit.
It's just a white paper, but the author's future world frightfully resembles the Star Trek Borg:
"With thoughts able to be delivered seamlessly... |
5 May 2012
06:24 GMT |
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A new study coming from the Indiana University Scholl of Medicine in Indianapolis has shown that those who play violent video games experience less activation in the frontal regions of the brain.The study focused on eleven adult males, with ages between 18 and 29, who had not been exposed to many violent video games ... |
1 December 2011
20:11 GMT |
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It might sound made up, but it's what Chris Birch calls “experience.” After breaking his neck during a freak training accident and suffering a stroke, the former straight rugby player woke up to find out he was gay.Birch is coming forward with his incredible story, telling the Mirror the accident tha... |
9 November 2011
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Investigators at the Johns Hopkins University (JHU) say that the brain of numerous higher species is hardwired for cooperative activities. This is especially visible in humans, but scientists were recently surprised to discover clear signs of similar behavior in plain-tailed wrens.
JHU behavioral neuroscientist Eric... |
4 November 2011
04:58 GMT |
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A new computer chip that is being developed by technology giant IBM allows a computer to actually learn the game of Pong and the strategies that lead to victory and might have a big impact on the gaming world in the long run.
The chip is called Systems of Neuromorphic Adaptive Plastic Scalable Electronics or SyNAP... |
22 August 2011
10:31 GMT |
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The huge brain that mammals have – in comparison to the size of their bodies – may have grown to these dimensions as a result of the enlargement of the olfactory bulb and the smell-processing areas of the cortex. The finding was made by studying a species that lived millions of years ago.
The reason w... |
21 May 2011
05:25 GMT |
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As human beings, we are able to carry out tremendously complex actions in a heartbeat, without giving them too much thought. The brain controls all the required muscles automatically, and experts have just learned a few more additional detail of how that is done. Scientists were able to discover how nerve cells cal... |
31 January 2011
02:54 GMT |
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A team of researchers at the UC Davis Center for Mind and Brain have found that there is a small area deep in the brain, called the perirhinal cortex, which is responsible for people's unconscious conceptual memories.All people have this type of memories, that pop out when you least expect them; it's like a... |
16 December 2010
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A new study conducted at UC Santa Barbara concluded that the brain has several maps in a region called the precuneus, inside the parietal lobe, and these maps are what allow people to reach for different things and plan different movements.The two scientists examined the brains of 18 individuals who made 400 differen... |
3 December 2010
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A new study carried out by German researchers, reported worrying findings about the impact of smoking, on the cerebral cortex.This is not the first research to report that tobacco smoking is related to large-scale and wide-spread abnormalities in the brain structure, but it is the first one to have focused on the imp... |
3 December 2010
04:10 GMT |
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A team of neuroscientists at MIT and Harvard found that the same face can look male or female to a person, depending on where it appears in his/her field of view.If we are surrounded by people, we can tell usually who is a man and who is a woman, by looking at their clothes, or at their hair.This actually proves that... |
25 November 2010
10:56 GMT |
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Applying a weak electrical current to the brain enhances a person's mathematical performance for a period of up to 6 months, without affecting other cognitive functions, reported a team of researchers from the University of Oxford.Roi Cohen Kadosh of the Department of Experimental Psychology and Oxford Center fo... |
5 November 2010
09:07 GMT |
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A molecule containing a radioactive form of carbon can be used to locate aromatase – an enzyme responsible for the production of estrogen in the human brain, concluded a study carried out by the United States Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory.Furthermore, it seems that the areas o... |
4 November 2010
05:18 GMT |
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Syracuse University professor Stephanie Ortigue, found out that falling in love is “more scientific than you think”, because it can give the same euphoric feeling as using cocaine and it also affects intellectual areas of the brain.Stephanie Ortigue is an assistant professor of psychology and an adjunct a... |
23 October 2010
04:23 GMT |
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Investigators conducting research on unsuspecting lab mice have demonstrated that fetal neurons exposed to elevated concentrations of a normal immune protein tend to lead to abnormal developments in the brain of adult rodents.The study, which was conducted by researchers at the University of California in Los Angeles... |
15 October 2010
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A team of scientists from the Bernstein Center of the University Freiburg made a big step towards a way of predicting epileptic seizures, according to the latest issue of the journal 'Epilepsia'.Epileptic seizures can be very serious and researchers have been working for a while now on a method to predict t... |
6 October 2010
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Scientists have found that brain stimulation can change what hand you use most, thanks to magnetic pulses, which can disrupt the neurons that control motor skills.About 80 percent of people worldwide are right-handed, but when it comes to performing a task that does not require precision, most people are ambidextrous... |
28 September 2010
10:38 GMT |
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A new Canadian research found that playing video games many hours a day trains the brain for laparoscopic surgery precision of visuomotor tasks.The fact of playing video games is basically reorganizing the brain's cortical network in young men who have a significant experience in this domain, which gives them, b... |
24 September 2010
10:57 GMT |
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A team of scientists in Utah found a way of translating thoughts into words, well, only ten words for now, but the technique is very promising.This kind of research could largely benefit locked-in patients, that are unable to move or speak, and while most of them are able to blink to communicate, it is a rather diffi... |
23 September 2010
11:15 GMT |
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A new study carried out by researchers at the University of Sheffield, shows that tranquil scenes have a positive impact on the brain.For the experiment, researchers used the fact that waves breaking on a beach have almost the same sound as traffic on a busy motorway, both sound like a constant roar.Participants were... |
14 September 2010
11:03 GMT |
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The HIV virus uses the brain as its hiding place, according to studies of the spinal fluid of patients under HIV treatment, a new thesis from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, concludes.Researchers say that about 10 percent of patients had traces of the virus in their spinal fluid nut no sign of it in the blood, ... |
23 August 2010
08:31 GMT |
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Scientists managed to trick honey bees into thinking they had traveled long distances to find food, and found out that this altered gene expression in their brains.The study used optical illusion to alter bees' perception of the flown distance, through same-length tunnels, as they discovered that vertical stripe... |
20 August 2010
10:19 GMT |
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Single neurons and even single dendrites (the small receiving elements of neurons) can effectively identify and differentiate temporal sequences of incoming information, a new research carried out by UCL neuroscientists reveals.Until now, the scientists' general point of view was that for processing information,... |
13 August 2010
05:59 GMT |
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“The Whole Brain Catalogue” is the name of a new project presented at the SIGGRAPH interactive technology and computer graphics conference, that aims to built a detailed map of the brain's complex structure.Scientists presented the way that a 3D model of a brain could be a huge step in neurological r... |
2 August 2010
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A new study carried out by a neurointerventional expert from Rush University Medical Center was presented at the Society of Neurointerventional Surgery (SNIS) 7th annual meeting. This first-of-its-kind research says that oral contraceptives and hormone replacement therapy (HRT) may also protect women against the form... |
31 July 2010
06:19 GMT |
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Neurologists recorded an observer's brain's response while looking at someone playing a game. Responses depended upon the observers' implications in the game, whether they were neutral, wanted the player to win or wished for him to fail. The study is published in the open access journal BMC Neuroscienc... |
30 July 2010
03:30 GMT |
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Recognizing faces is what allows us to avoid embarrassing memory failures and to still be in touch with people we know. But understanding exactly how it works might help people who need to match names and faces perfectly and also it can improve facial recognition of dangerous people, like criminals or terrorists.Just... |
29 July 2010
06:16 GMT |
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A group of scientists announces the development of a new computer model that is capable of producing a type of science never before thought possible. The team plans to create maps of the fruit fly brain one cell at a time, in a bid to produce the first map of how neurons interact in their cortex. The end goal is to d... |
13 April 2010
04:46 GMT |
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