A series of five games that are proven to improve mental abilities was distributed free of charge by Allstate insurance company to 100,000 old age drivers from Pennsylvania. Of course, they are all driving-based games, not “Diablo,” “World of Warcraft” or “GTA.” The game suite... |
14 October 2008
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Why does the cat always land on all four legs? Why do we keep on breathing, even if we sleep? This is the result of reflexes - automatic reactions that are not consciously controlled. Reflexes can be varied, from simple like retreating hand in contact with a hot object, to more complicated ones, that help us maintain... |
18 October 2007
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Human behavior is driven by its basic instincts for food and sex and at a higher level for power (of any kind, from hierarchy to financial, political, sexual and so on). And based on these instincts, powerful reflexes can form, all of them unconscious. If unsuppressed, they would turn us into animals. But now a team ... |
25 June 2007
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Cockroaches are really persistent, and so hardy that researchers found they were the only organisms that can survive in an area after atomic experiments. Now, Japanese researchers were amazed with a new finding on these disgusting insects: they have a memory enabling them to form Pavlovian reflexes. They taught cockr... |
14 June 2007
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