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Humans have been preoccupied to store and process information for a very long time. It allows humans to use the experience of the past generations and that of the others. The memory of each person defines him/her. Losing memory is like losing past and future, living in a continual present. Brain researches show that... |
29 March 2008
07:48 GMT |
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In the middle of a crowded party, you approach and manage to talk with your preferred "target", with all the thundering background noise. This has been a mystery: how can we ignore background noise to focus just on the voice of our interlocutor. It has been believed that the brain differentiates sound sources by ass... |
28 March 2008
06:34 GMT |
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Overweight and obesity at middle age can cause more health problems than metabolic syndrome, the array of conditions like atherosclerosis, heart diseases, diabetes and high cholesterol, which in many cases lead to death. A new research published in the journal "Neurology" has connected the fact of having a large bell... |
27 March 2008
15:36 GMT |
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The complex human speech is one of the most important traits that differentiate us from animals. It relies on our large brains, however it is not a question of size but of brain wiring, as showed by a new research published in "Nature Neuroscience." Since the 19th century, the Broca nucleus in the frontal cortex and ... |
27 March 2008
06:14 GMT |
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Well, racking your brains does have its consequences. Stress is a big enemy of the brain, as showed by a new research published in the journal of Biological Psychiatry. Military combat implies the experience of an extreme stress, and many ex-soldiers involved in fights are diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorde... |
20 March 2008
04:09 GMT |
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They call you "old man" 'cause you cannot even remember where you left your keys or what you ate in the morning. The others may be right. The leading cause of senile dementia is Alzheimer's disease. A new research published in "2008 Alzheimer's Disease: Facts and Figures," and carried out by a team fro... |
19 March 2008
04:26 GMT |
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The umbilical cord can make more than the belly button: it regenerates your brain. Human umbilical cord blood cells (UCBC) injected into old lab rats caused an improvement in the microenvironment of the hippocampus nucleus of the brain, accompanied by a rejuvenation of neural stem cells. The study carried out at the ... |
17 March 2008
05:14 GMT |
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Let's face it: men come from Mars, women from Venus. Women hear from a conversation just words like shopping, money, jewel, gold, diamond, spending, and so on. Men hear just sex, football, boobs, a**, beer, chicks and so on. A new study published in "Neuropsychologia" comes with another element to the overwhelmi... |
14 March 2008
05:32 GMT |
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I tell you, Chinese men are precious. They wont's leave you starving even when a kitchen is not nearby. "The power of mind" can have a very realistic meaning in the case of He Tieheng, a mystic Chinese who does not need to keep a cooking machine in the house. That's because the cooking machine is himself: ... |
13 March 2008
14:06 GMT |
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Stop looking for the most powerful computer in the world, you've already found it long ago, but are just not aware of it. We might not have the greatest memory to help us, however when it comes to processing power, our own brain is the ultimate computational machine. No wonder that computer processor designers a... |
11 March 2008
10:30 GMT |
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You can be fooled. But your hand surely cannot be. A new study published in the journal "Psychological Science" shows that our brain works with the images in two different pathways. The team led by psychologist Tzvi Ganel, at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, tested the subjects with the "Ponzo" illusion, that make... |
11 March 2008
04:42 GMT |
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One day, diseased brains may be cured. And I'm not referring to going to a shrink or taking pills. The sea cucumber skin has been the inspiration for a new material that may treat Parkinson's disease and other damages of the nervous tissue. This material could rapidly change from rigid to flexible and vice ... |
10 March 2008
06:17 GMT |
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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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It is known that hormone-mimicking chemicals, dumped into the water, are the cause of a boom in cases of hermaphroditism in fish and frogs. But these chemicals contaminate the soil as well, and eventually this contamination will mostly affect the humans, as they are exposed to these substances.A new research made at ... |
28 February 2008
14:06 GMT |
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Teenagers have this tendency to escape parental control. It may be a hormonal cause, but a new research published in the "Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences" comes with a totally new factor: a different brain structure (more precisely a larger amygdala, the area connected to emotional responses).During p... |
28 February 2008
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Those cute traits of an infant's face, such as large head and forehead, big eyes and bulging cheeks, trigger instinctive parental and protective responses in us. This has been known for long, but a new research revealed the anatomic base of this behavior. The study led by Morten Kringelbach and Alan Stein from t... |
27 February 2008
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Proteins are everywhere in your body. They have two functions: functional and structural. Functional proteins are called enzymes; they modulate everything in your body, directly or indirectly, through synthesis of hormones, neurotransmitters and other chemicals. But proteins also build any tissue, from skin, bones an... |
25 February 2008
03:56 GMT |
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There is a large array of studies focusing on how cocaine impacts the brain creating addiction. The main investigated mechanism has been the effect of cocaine on dopamine (the feel good or reward hormone) and dopamine transporters, proteins that reabsorb this neurotransmitter once it has sent its signal. Cocaine is k... |
25 February 2008
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The makers of "Men in Black" had poor imagination in making their aliens, compared to what real developmental defects can offer. This odd baby that looks like a character from the "Star Wars" was born in Charikot, the headquarters of Dolakha district, on March 29, 2006, and a large crew gathered to witness the event.... |
23 February 2008
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Have you ever wondered how whales sleep? Actually, just like us, but in short naps. This was showed by a new research led by Dr. Patrick Miller of the University of St. Andrews, who captured on video drifting behavior in sperm whales. Sperm whales in the wild turn off completely conscious activity for short 'cat... |
22 February 2008
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You can cram all night long for the damn exam, but that's all in vain if you skip sleeping. That have been proved by a large array of researches. But this German research signaled by New Scientists comes with really astonishing information: in fact, even only 6 minutes of nap can boost your memory performances. ... |
22 February 2008
06:39 GMT |
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With so many differences between the brain of a woman and that of a man, no wonder they work differently. Studies are decoding little by little these cognitive differences. A new research published in the journal "Current Directions in Psychological Science" reveals how memory abilities vary between the sexes. The ... |
21 February 2008
06:10 GMT |
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We know that the music you prefer tells a lot about you. A recent Dutch research has found that those amateurs of hit parade music, hip hop and R&B, appeared to be more polite and more extroverted, while rockers, on average, were more introverted, sloppier, but more open-minded to different experiences. Those who lov... |
20 February 2008
05:48 GMT |
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Well, the development of your brain is not only influenced by genetics, diet and intellectual stimulation, but also by... your mother tongue! "Everyone has a brain stem, but it's tuned differently depending on what sounds are behaviorally relevant to a person, for example, the sounds of his or her mother tongue,... |
20 February 2008
04:35 GMT |
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We already know, at least from the movies, that human witnesses are not always reliable. This new research made by a team at the UCL (University College London) and published in the journal "PLoS Computational Biology" has encountered a connection between what we expect to see and what our brain actually records, whe... |
20 February 2008
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Have you ever wondered how we can see a still image of the environment, while constantly shifting our gaze? A new research carried out at the University of Münster, Germany, and published in "PLoS Comput Biol" shows that this shift in attention induces a short compression of visual space. The team has found a model o... |
19 February 2008
04:48 GMT |
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Tobacco smokers may tend to see their habit as not being very healthy, but they don't realize they use a drug. Is it a drug? When a team checked what happened in the brain while smoking or taking opiate drugs (poppy-derived ones, like morphine, heroin, dihydromorphine, hydromorphone, anmain, codeine, thebaine, a... |
18 February 2008
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If you swing the channel for a music one and look for just half an hour, it is impossible to think that not all the women on this planet have huge implant-filled boobs, big rounded buts and a bimbo face. And if you think that what music videos present is just for the sell, without any harmful effect to the mind of th... |
16 February 2008
06:46 GMT |
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Men and women are clearly different species. And this is more than just physical: it goes in all inner organs, including the brain, explaining behavioral differences but also the opposite desires, sensitivities, preferences...The brain is masculinized from the womb by testosterone (its lack determines the feminizatio... |
16 February 2008
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Love is a physiological and physical phenomenon, as the architecture of your brain is altered forever by the love hormone, oxytocin. Oxytocin is released by the brain with every touch, hug, or during the bonding of a mother and her newborn baby, but also of a father and his child. Now, a team at the University of Cal... |
14 February 2008
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The human brain has a nucleus that differentiates human speech from background sounds. A new research published in "Nature Neuroscience" shows that monkeys too have such a nucleus that reacts selectively to the voices of other monkeys. This is a step further on understanding the neural basis of voice recognition and ... |
13 February 2008
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Obesity goes far beyond the fatty tissues. A new research published in "Cell Metabolism" shows that the brain nuclei connected to appetite are wired differently in some obese people. "The study was conducted in rats, not humans, and yet it could ultimately lead to novel obesity treatments. It is not just about drugs ... |
6 February 2008
06:48 GMT |
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Colors have various physical and psychical influences on the body, and they can manipulate our mood. A common rule says an individual prefers the light wavelength (colors are nothing more than different values of the light wavelengths) retrieved in its energetic structure. Different energetic structure are impacted d... |
5 February 2008
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Just a month after the attack of an escaped tigress at San Francisco ended with the death of three teenagers, a new research published in the journal "Brain, Behavior, and Immunity," shows that cats become enraged exactly the same way as humans.Enraged cats react by hissing, arching their back, retracting their ear... |
4 February 2008
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SF movies have achieved it before, but now it's real: electrical stimulation of specific brain nuclei could boost memory. A Canadian team describes in its article published in the "Annals of Neurology" how this was achieved in the case of an obese man who underwent deep brain stimulation (DBS): the electrical i... |
1 February 2008
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Ooh! Aah! Even a tree bark would be good for that back itch. Scratching is something that can escape your control, and eventually damage your skin. Now, a research published in the "Journal of Investigative Dermatology" explains what's going on in our brain when we scratch. The team at the Wake Forest University... |
1 February 2008
04:35 GMT |
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In a top of intelligence, humans are followed by apes, elephants and dolphins. The elephant brain is denser than the human's, and the temporal lobes, associated to memory, are more developed than in humans. Elephant's lobes also have more foldings, so that they can store more information. That's why el... |
30 January 2008
10:47 GMT |
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The toxicity of lead is notorious, but what we did not know was the impact it has on us, decades after being exposed to it. New researches point to the fact that a past lead exposure can age a person's brain by five years! If further research confirms this, then sharp cuts in environmental lead levels over 20 y... |
30 January 2008
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This will leave your brain clean, but not washed! A "vacuum cleaner" for the brain could fix the clogged arteries of stroke victims, preventing the attack from having permanent serious consequences.Strokes usually take place when blood vessels nurturing the brain are blocked, and the oxygen-demanding neurons die. The... |
30 January 2008
04:21 GMT |
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Partying until the dawns, or snoring at 9:00 p.m.? This has been known to be a genetic trait, as various genes were found to impact your inner clock. But a new research shows that this inner clock is not only in your genes, but in each cell of your body!A new study published in the "Proceedings of the National Academ... |
29 January 2008
05:34 GMT |
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Sex and studying do not get along. The more sex partners you have, the more prone you are to academic failure, as found by a new survey made amongst students at Cambridge University. The on-line questionnaires completed by over 1,000 undergraduates revealed that poorly performing colleges had the most sexually active... |
28 January 2008
14:06 GMT |
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Having an addiction problem? Well, this may mean that your mother did not eat well after conceiving you. A new research published in the journal "Addiction" shows that children whose mothers passed through a period of famine are prone to addictions later in life. The team from the Dutch mental health care organizatio... |
28 January 2008
02:43 GMT |
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With such a vast array of researches proving it, it is clear: you may cram, but without sleep, you will remember nothing. A new study at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health not only confirms this, but shows that the mechanism through which the brain strengthens memories during the sleep i... |
22 January 2008
05:38 GMT |
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Like anorexia, bulimia is a severe eating disorder. Only that in this situation, the person, instead of fasting, crams even 15,000 calories in two hours' time. Then, the person eliminates what she/he ate, by vomiting or taking laxatives/diuretics. Usually, the patient eats secretly and, after having consumed the... |
22 January 2008
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1.Reason, the ability to think, is considered distinctive for the human being. Some elementary thinking processes are accomplished also by some animals, like chimpanzees, our closest living relatives. Tests showing their capacity to solve problems, like getting to the food that is not easily accessible, shows that th... |
19 January 2008
06:57 GMT |
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The achievement of information on the environment through a sensory pathway is called perception. In the case of the human sight, the brain recognizes instantly a familiar object, from any angle and any distance.A book looks like a book, no matter if it is positioned vertically, horizontally or an edge. Still, the si... |
16 January 2008
16:06 GMT |
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A $150 pair of jeans is much better than a $30 one or is it just an illusion? You are paying in fact for the brand, but no matter what, you'll always think that more expensive stuff is better. This has got scientific support with a new research published in the online edition of Proceedings of the National Aca... |
16 January 2008
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Being East Asian is more than the almond eye, yellowish skin, sushi, rice, soy sauce and the weird glyphs. The brain works differently! A new MIT research published in "Psychological Science" shows how the Westerners and the East Asian people use their brains differently when facing the same visual perceptual issue.I... |
14 January 2008
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This weekend, renowned publisher Atari has disclosed its Easter lineup, being one of the first to reveal solid details concerning its upcoming games due for release in Spring. Three games have been announced. Two of them are Nintendo DS exclusives, one of which delivers both aliens and zombies on Nintendo's dual... |
14 January 2008
03:16 GMT |
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There must have been something about our hearing that enabled us to differentiate speech and music from other sounds. The human ear can detect sound frequencies of 16Hz to 20 kHz, no matter if tones were high or low, near or far. But our ears are simple compared to the remarkable ability of single brain neurons to ma... |
11 January 2008
04:16 GMT |
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