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• Brain and Awareness – The Secret of You (Horizon)

  
  BioethicsBytes — Authority: 99
  Mathematician Marcus du Sautoy is becoming an increasingly regular front-man for the BBC science documentary Horizon and, to date, his contributions have always been satisfyingly informative. The recent episode The Secret You is no exception. In his quest to discover the underlying biochemistry and physiology of ...
  2 days ago

• Language or music, mother or Mozart? Structural and environmental influences on infants’ language networks

  
  COMD News — Authority: 451
  Understanding how language emerged in our species calls for a detailed investigation of the initial specialization of the human brain for speech processing. Our earlier research demonstrated that an adult-like left-lateralized network of perisylvian areas is already active when infants listen to sentences in their ...
  5 days ago

• Optoacoustics releases new microphone for fMRI

  
  emedist.com — Authority: 159
  Sound system developer Optoacoustics will unveil the third generation of its noise-canceling optical microphone at the 2009 RSNA conference.source : www.auntminnie.com
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• Internet: The fastest teacher?

  
  The Why Files — Authority: 108
  POSTED 22 OCTOBER 2009Google/Yahoo/Bing: New brain tutors?Staying mentally and physically active is a standard prescription for helping a healthy brain survive the assaults of aging. Crossword puzzles, Sudoku, specialized software and bridge are all prized elements of the mental magic, even if the data on their true ...
  2 weeks ago

• ‘Net Surfing Is Good for the Brain...at Any Age

  
  Blogs — Authority: 159
  ‘Net Surfing Is Good for the Brain...at Any Age I once helped a 92-year-old neighbor learn to use her computer. She was bright, eager, and an apt pupil, although that old error message that Microsoft used to deliver-something to the effect that you have committed an illegal act and your computer is therefore being ...
  3 weeks ago

• Placebo Effect Caught on MRI

  
  Neatorama — Authority: 790
  Not only is the placebo effect becoming stronger , but it’s now been imaged for the first time by researchers with fMRI machines. Falk Eippert at the University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf in Germany led the study: Later, with an fMRI scanner on, the researchers rubbed “control” and “painkiller” ...
  3 weeks ago

• Science Event Pick: Experimenting with Yourself

  
  QUEST Community Science Blog - KQED — Authority: 124
  David experimenting with EEG Loyal KQED blog followers have been reading of Dr. Barry Star’s experience getting his genes tested by 23andMe . He has tested his native American ancestry and evaluated his risk for diabetes . What if Barry took even more tests, from blood toxins to more genetic tests – would ...
  3 weeks ago

• The functional organization of trial-related activity in lexical processing after early left hemispheric brain lesions: An event-related fMRI study

  
  COMD News — Authority: 451
  Abstract Children with congenital left hemisphere damage due to perinatal stroke are capable of acquiring relatively normal language functions despite experiencing a cortical insult that in adults often leads to devastating lifetime disabilities. Although this observed phenomenon is accepted, its neurobiological ...
  3 weeks ago

• The functional organization of trial-related activity in lexical processing after early left hemispheric brain lesions: An event-related fMRI study

  
  COMD News — Authority: 451
  Children with congenital left hemisphere damage due to perinatal stroke are capable of acquiring relatively normal language functions despite experiencing a cortical insult that in adults often leads to devastating lifetime disabilities. Although this observed phenomenon is accepted, its neurobiological mechanisms are ...
  4 weeks ago

• The ethics of mind-reading

  
  Practical Ethics — Authority: 116
  Recent developments in neuroimaging have created concerns about the ethics of mind-reading. A technology called functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) has led to significant advances in the ability to determine what someone is thinking by monitoring their brain activity. Early...
  4 weeks ago

• Dyslexic Children Show Short-Term Memory Deficits in Phonological Storage and Serial Rehearsal: An fMRI Study

  
  COMD News — Authority: 451
  Dyslexia is primarily associated with a phonological processing deficit. However, the clinical manifestation also includes a reduced verbal working memory (WM) span. It is unclear whether this WM impairment is caused by the phonological deficit or a distinct WM deficit. The main aim of this study was to investigate ...
  4 weeks ago

• Study: The new buzz on detecting tinnitus

  
  Science Blog - Science news straight from the source — Authority: 612
  SAN DIEGO - Its a ringing, a buzzing, a hissing or a clicking - and the patient is the only one who can hear it. Complicating matters, physicians can rarely pinpoint the source of tinnitus, a chronic ringing of the head or ears that can be as quiet as a whisper or as loud as a jackhammer.
  5 weeks ago

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