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• How does the brain perceive fragmented sound?

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  London, Nov 26 (IANS) The brain’s ability to reconstruct fragmented sounds allows us to successfully carry on a conversation in a noisy room. Now, a new Dutch study throws up interesting insights into how the brain allows us to perceive a physically interrupted sound as being continuous.“In our day-to-day lives, ...
  3 days ago

• More Billionaires for WealthCare Teabag Goodness

  
  No Blood for Hubris — Authority: 125
  Join the Billionaires for WealthCare! Whats so bad about an apple a day, eh?
  6 days ago

• New discovery can speed up development of Parkinson’s drugs

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Washington, Nov 19 (ANI): Scientists from Sydney’s Garvan Institute of Medical Research have made a novel discovery that can speed up the development of more effective Parkinson’s drugs.People with Parkinson’s Disease suffer from muscle rigidity, tremor, a slowing of physical movement and, in extreme cases, a ...
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• Almost Scientific and The Neuron Chamber in Wired Video

  
  Almost Scientific — Authority: 115
  When we did our last show at the Exploratorium I did a video interview with Wired about what The Neuron Chamber was and how it worked.  I loved that they wanted me to explain in detail how it worked and not just give a 5 second sound bite.  Well the video just went live and it’s really great.  They wove in some ...
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• Neuron Tie is Like Scientific 70s Fashion

  
  FashionablyGeek — Authority: 605
  The fact that the human brain can control the whole body but lacks self-understanding leads us to one of two conclusions: Either neurons aren’t cool enough to gain the recognition they deserve, or there’s something they don’t want us to know. Either way the results are the same: nobody who sees this design on ...
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• Drug May Help Smokers Quit...Moving to Phase III Trials

  
  Newsvine - JCAtom's Column - Articles and Seeds — Authority: 130
  The NicVAX vaccine prompts the immune system to create antibodies that bind to the nicotine molecules in the blood. The now-larger molecules are prevented by their size from crossing the blood-brain barrier.
  2 weeks ago

• Dreams as Anticipation for the State of Being Awake

  
  Newsvine - JCAtom's Column - Articles and Seeds — Authority: 130
  "It helps explain a lot of things, like why people forget so many dreams," Dr. Hobson said in an interview. "Its like jogging; the body doesnt remember every step, but it knows it has exercised. It has been tuned up.
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• Have Travian Gold, Will Attack, Part IV

  
  The Grey Chronicles — Authority: 124
  On the second day playing the test server of the Travian game version 3.6 , the levelling up of my Village resource fields continued. Only four remaining fields have yet to be upgraded to Level 2. Still retaining Warehouse and Granary at Level 1, respectively, while I continued with amassing troops. Also, I have used ...
  2 weeks ago

• Thank you!

  
  Almost Scientific — Authority: 115
  Thank you all for coming to the show last night at The Exploratorium .  I had a great and exhausting time.  It was fantastic to see so many friends out in the crowd, and I’m sorry I did not get to talk to any of you for as long as I would have liked. I’d like to especially thank Almost Scientific team members ...
  3 weeks ago

• Robotic Life

  
  Electric Children — Authority: 455
  HRP-4C Hatsune Miku Cosplay Human Brain Accepts Cyborg Limbs and Robots Act Like Humanoids “It turns out that the human body may adapt well to Borg-like accessorization,” notes this report on experiments proving that our brain can incorporate “cyborg additions” into our body schema. (Even after using a ...
  3 weeks ago

• Drug candidate for treating spinal muscular atrophy identified

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Washington, Nov 5 (ANI): Scientists have identified a chemical cousin of the common antibiotic tetracycline that might be useful in treating spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a currently incurable disease that is the leading genetic cause of death in infants. The finding is based on a study conducted by Adrian Krainer, ...
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• Higher Education Change Opportunities

  
  Brain Leaders and Learners — Authority: 460
  Written By Ellen Weber, PhD and Robyn McMaster, PhD Higher Education and Brain Based Benefits Challenges of Change Renewal is to the university community today what Renaissance was to the Middle Ages. Both encompass a resurgence of learning. Both tap into more potential from the human brain. To ...
  3 weeks ago

• Involuntary Emotional Expression Disorder

  
  Psych Central — Authority: 454
  Involuntary Emotional Expression Disorder , or IEED, is a condition in which a person experiences uncontrollable episodes of emotional expression. That is, they have episodes of crying, laughter, or anger that are not in line with their present mood. The condition is also known as labile affect, pseudobulbar ...
  4 weeks ago

• Torture Is as Torture Does (CIA version)

  
  No Blood for Hubris — Authority: 125
  Manacled to the ceiling? Well, and why not? They were, like, Teh Enemy! Once theyre dubbed Teh Enemy, you get to do anything you want, do you not?
  4 weeks ago

• Age-Related Loss of Spiral Ganglion Neurons

  
  COMD News — Authority: 157
  Spiral ganglion neurons (SGNs) are the relay station for auditory information between hair cells and central nervous system. Age-related decline of auditory function due to SGN loss can not be ameliorated by hearing aids or cochlear implants. Recent findings clearly indicate that survival of SGNs during aging depends ...
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• Let Them Eat Cake? No! Let Them Make Tea!!

  
  No Blood for Hubris — Authority: 125
  I work with people (adults and children) who have chronic complex PTSD and dissociative disorders, many of whom self-injure, and many if not most of whom have suicidal ideation, and some of whom are actively suicidal. Meaning that sometimes they act on their thoughts. When I, as their clinician, think they are a ...
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• Seoul National University Mishap

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  By Ranjan BhaduriOct. 29, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Hwang Woo-suk, 56, has been given a two year sentence by Judge Bae Ki-yeol of Seoul Central District Court, for the embezzlement of funds and illegal trading in human embryos. The sum he ripped off the Government, in the form of grants has been huge, amounting to $700,000. ...
  4 weeks ago

• Epilepsy drugs may help treat Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Washington, Oct 28 (ANI): A potential new function for anti-epileptic drugs in treating neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s has been discovered by US researchers.The study, published in BioMed Central’s open access journal Molecular Neurodegeneration, found that neurons in the brain ...
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• Does Coffee Boost Brain/ Cognitive Functions Over Time?

  
  SharpBrains — Authority: 456
  A few eternal questions: - Is caffeine good for the brain? - Does it boost cognitive functions? - Does it protect against dementia? There is little doubt that drinking that cup of morning coffee will likely increase alertness, but the main questions that research is trying to answer go beyond that. Basically: is ...
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• Companion Biomarkers in Drug Development

  
  Great Product Direct — Authority: 158
  The term “companion biomarker” means that a particular diagnostic test is specifically linked to a therapeutic drug either in drug development or in the clinic. Biomarkers of disease have long played an important role in diagnostic medicine as evidenced by the intense use of specific clinical laboratory tests in ...
  5 weeks ago

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