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• Depression Fatigues Brain Reward Systems

  
  Psych Central News — Authority: 579
  A new study suggests depressed patients appear to exhaust the brain areas related to positive emotions. The investigation challenges prior thought that individuals with depression have less brain activity in areas associated with positive emotion. Instead, the new data suggest similar initial levels of activity, ...
  2 days ago

• Depressed people can’t sustain positive emotions

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 723
  Washington, Dec 22 (IANS) Depression can zap the brain’s ability to sustain positive emotions, according to a new study.It also affects the reward circuitry of the patients, the study says. The findings challenge previous notions that the depressed show less brain activity in areas associated with positive emotions. ...
  2 days ago

• Brain Imaging Sheds Light on Social Woes Related to Autism

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  FRIDAY, Dec. 18 (HealthDay News) -- The brains of autistic people are less active than expected when theyre engaged in self-reflective thought, a finding that helps explain autism-related social difficulties, say British researchers. Using functional MRI, they measured the brain activity of 66 males, half of whom had ...
  4 days ago

• Brain Imaging Sheds Light on Social Woes Related to Autism

  
  EmpowHer.com - Site Activity Feed — Authority: 527
  FRIDAY, Dec. 18 (HealthDay News) -- The brains of autistic people are less active than expected when theyre engaged in self-reflective thought, a finding that helps explain autism-related social difficulties, say British researchers. read more
  5 days ago

• Self medication to pregnancy depression

  
  3stepADS - Free Advertising Blog — Authority: 468
  The role of husband is very important. Pregnant women must get support as many as possible from husband.
  5 days ago

• How autistic brain is different from others

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 723
  Washington, December 14 (ANI): Scientists have opened a new window into understanding social difficulties of individuals with autism after being able to visualise differences in brain activity between those with and without the condition. Experts at the University of Cambridge discovered that the brains of individuals ...
  1 week ago

• Promises – once given never forgotten

  
  Shrink Rap — Authority: 138
  The promise is one of the oldest human-specific behaviors promoting cooperation, trust, and partnership. Although promises are generally not legally binding, they form the basis for a great many everyday social and economic exchange situations. Promises, however, are not only kept, but also broken. Material incentives ...
  1 week ago

• Brain activity exposes promise-breakers

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 723
  London, Dec 11 (IANS) Patterns of brain activity can tell when you are likely to break a promise, says a new study.Brain activity suggests that breaking a promise spurs an emotional conflict in the violator owing to the suppression of an honest response.Besides, the most important finding of the study enabled ...
  1 week ago

• Brain activity exposes promise breakers

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 723
  Washington, Dec 10 (ANI): The physiological mechanisms in the brain that underlie broken promises have been discovered by scientists.Boffins from the University of Zurich say the patterns of brain activity even enable predicting whether someone will break a promise. The results of the study conducted by Dr. Thomas ...
  2 weeks ago

• Being ‘on the same wavelength’: the neuroscience of social interaction

  
  Trends Updates — Authority: 593
  Located in the brain’s “mirror neurons” is the physiological mechanism for social interaction. Parts of our brains become active when we see something in motion, for example. ‘It seems we are not just observers of the social scene but that we automatically share the experiences and emotions of the people we ...
  2 weeks ago

• High-Fat Diet May Impair Memory, Impact Ability to Exercise

  
  My Overweight Child — Authority: 120
  An study on animals has revealed that a high-fat diet takes an immediate toll on short-term memory and the ability to exercise. Researchers at Cambridge University in Britain fed rats a low-fat diet and trained them to complete a maze. Then half the rats were switched to a high fat diet. Within just four days, ...
  2 weeks ago

• Cocaine abusers can control cravings

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 723
  Washington, Dec 1 (ANI): Cocaine abusers can control their cravings, according to researchers who suggest that new treatments aimed at strengthening inhibitory control could help prevent relapse.The study revealed that when asked to inhibit their response to a “cocaine-cues” video, active cocaine abusers were, on ...
  3 weeks ago

• Intel wants a chip implant in your brain

  
  innovation.net — Authority: 91
  Intel believes its customers would be willing to have a chip implanted in their brains so they could operate computers without the need for a keyboard or mouse using thoughts alone. The implant could also be used to operate devices such as cell phones , TVs and DVDs. The chip is being developed at Intels ...
  3 weeks ago

• Scientists extract images from people’s thoughts

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 723
  Washington, Nov 30 (ANI): Impossible as it may seem, but a scientist has succeeded in pulling an image out of a person’s brain.In a recent experiment, Dr. Jack Gallant of the UCB psychology department has claimed that he could reproduce video images from human brain activity. Although this research has not yet been ...
  3 weeks ago

• Brain scans could one day be used to tell a Dali from a Picasso (re-issue)

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 723
  London, Nov 29 (ANI): Can brain scans help classify art? Well, researchers from ATR Computational Neuroscience Laboratories in Kyoto, Japan seem to have found the answer.Lead researcher Yukiyasu Kamitani insists brain activity patterns can be used to determine whether someone is looking at a surrealist landscape by ...
  3 weeks ago

• Does Web Activity Help Our Brains?

  
  Over 50 Website — Authority: 119
  OK, you may think that surfing the web is just a big waste of time. Ok, there is no doubt that it is a great way to divert our attention from other matters, and sometimes, it can even be a little addictive. But you can realize a lot of benefits from web surving, so you may not actually be wasting time playing ...
  3 weeks ago

• Sudoku Burns Calories

  
  Moo News Moo News - Entertainment, Sports, Showbiz, Celebrities & TV — Authority: 450
  According to new studies, Sudoku and similar word related puzzles could help burn more calories an hour than eating one biscuit in a sitting. Researchers are now saying that an hour of Sudoku, crosswords, or any other kind of brain-training challenge games could be a good way to stay fit. Two hours’ of the brain ...
  3 weeks ago

• Brain scans could one day be used to tell a Dali from a Picasso

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 723
  London, Nov 27 (ANI): Can brain scans help classify art? Well, researchers from ATR Computational Neuroscience Laboratories in Kyoto, Japan seem to have found the answer.Lead researcher Yukiyasu Kamitani insists brain activity patterns can be used to determine whether someone is looking at a surrealist landscape by ...
  3 weeks ago

• Video Teaser of BizzFolio Theme

  
  BizzArtic Posts Feed — Authority: 91
  This is my first recorded screen cast and I hope it came out nice – not a professional one, I know, but still better than boring screenshots, right? I will practice this kind of support in future and try to avoid screenshots when possible – of course my voice will be added as well BizzFolio Theme Teaser (View ...
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• Heavy Metal Detox: A Summary

  
  Health and Medic — Authority: 147
  What you consume can have an impact on your health. Hence if what you eat is largely junk food, then it is reasonable to expect that your body will not be performing optimally. What cause most harm to your body are heavy metals. The presence of heavy metals can cause you energy leakage, low mental clarity and reduces ...
  4 weeks ago

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