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The trick is to focus not on what people can't agree on, nor on what they can agree on, but rather on issues/questions/problems that have the potential to generate ways of thinking that no one has thought before.  More to come on where that thought came from, and what its useful for .... 

Bailout Provides Broader Mental Health Coverage in: Big Problems, Breakthrough Thinking, Current Events, Economy, Health & Fitness, Historical Perspectives, Hot Issues, New Viewpoints, People Making a Difference, Report, Science & Technology News, analysis, business Representative Patrick J.

Being Australian, it’s wonderful to have bloggers reflect the diversity of species that I am fortunate enough to observe around me. I hope you enjoy the range available in these posts for the Linnaeus’ Legacy Blog Carnival!

Mini Microscope Captures Mouse Brain-Cell Activity in: Animals, Breakthrough Thinking, Science & Technology News   Mini Microscope Watches Mouse Brain Cell Activity A microscope small enough to be mounted to the head of a freely moving mouse makes it possible to watch brain cell activity and whole animal behavior simultaneously in mice.

Episode 47 of the Brain Science Podcast is a discussion of Principles of Brain Evolution by Georg F. Striedter. My goal is to highlight the main ideas of this complicated, and often controversial subject. Understanding the principles of brain evolution is an important element in our multidisciplinary attempt to understand how our brains make us who we are.

Episode 47 of the Brain Science Podcast is a discussion of Principles of Brain Evolution by Georg F. Striedter. My goal is to highlight the main ideas of this complicated, and often controversial subject. Understanding the principles of brain evolution is an important element in our multidisciplinary attempt to understand how our brains make us who we are.

Computer Games Can Sharpen Minds Of Older Drivers in: Breakthrough Thinking, Great New Product, Health & Fitness, New Viewpoints, Science & Technology News, analysis, business, education   A major US insurance company has set out to prove that playing computer games can sharpen the minds of older drivers so much that they deserve discounts on their auto policies.

The melodious singing of birds has been long appreciated by humans, and has often been thought to reflect a particularly positive emotional state of the singer. Researchers at the RIKEN Brain Science Institute in Japan have now demonstrated that this can be true.

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I have fallen behind on answering a few excellent recent comments -on cognitive training overall, Posit Science and Alzheimer's Australia, gerontology and the brain, the value of videogames-, so let me address them here: 1) Nicks says (Brain Fitness Programs For Seniors Housing, Healthcare and