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• in Lifestyle
  Mind Quiz Stimulation
  Our brains are complex organs that we can strengthen with mental exercise or a mind quiz.
  by nathy007 / on Oct 5, 2011
• in Lifestyle
  The Virtual Communication Trap and the Way Out
  It’s twice as hard for male singles working in the IT to find a partner. A university spin-off helps – with software.
  by globalemotion / on Apr 26, 2010

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “neuroscience”

 

• new book – ‘Brainwashed: The Seductive Appeal of Mindless Neuroscience’

  
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  Brainwashed: The Seductive Appeal of Mindless Neuroscience by Sally Satel and Scott O. Lilienfeld (Basic Books, 2013) (kindle ed.), (amazon.co.uk) Book description from the publisher: What can’t neuroscience tell us about ourselves? Since fMRI—functional magnetic resonance imaging—was introduced in the early ...
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• SUMO wrestling cells reveal new protective mechanism target for stroke

  
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  Scientists investigating the interaction of a group of proteins in the brain responsible for protecting nerve cells from damage have identified a new target that could increase cell survival. The discovery, made by researchers from the University’s School of Biochemistry and published in the EMBO journal with ...
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• Detecting disease earlier

  
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  Shaky hands, tremors, rigid muscles, slower movements—these are all recognizable symptoms of Parkinson’s disease, a neurological disorder affecting a half million people in the United States. Rahul Shrivastav, professor and chair of MSU’s Department of Communicative Sciences and Disorders, is working on a way to ...
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• Complex brain function depends on flexibility

  
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  Neurons that can multitask greatly enhance the brain’s computational power, study finds. Over the past few decades, neuroscientists have made much progress in mapping the brain by deciphering the functions of individual neurons that perform very specific tasks, such as recognizing the location or color of an object. ...
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• Special care to protect newborns’ fragile brains

  
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  When babies are born with serious health problems, physicians’ main goal is to keep them alive. Thanks to decades of advances, such as support for preemies’ underdeveloped lungs and surgical procedures  to correct complex birth defects, doctors can now save many babies who would once have died. But some of ...
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• Navneet K. Tyagi: What You Should Know About Parkinson’s Disease

  
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  Navneet K. Tyagi, a renowned doctor and expert in the field of neurodegenerative diseases, knows how frightening it can be when you first notice symptoms of an incurable disease like Parkinson’s. There are some things you should know, though. Although symptoms can be frightening at first and you might not want to go ...
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• How soon will humans be able to upload their brains to computers?

  
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  In Upload, a new techno-thriller, a young computer scientist with a sketchy past and distrust of society decides to take the ultimate leap forward by scanning his brain and uploading his memories, personality and consciousness into a simulated world of his own making.     Raymond wants to live forever, controlling ...
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• Fishing for memories

  
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  Riken: In our interaction with our environment we constantly refer to past experiences stored as memories to guide behavioral decisions. But how memories are formed, stored and then retrieved to assist decision-making remains a mystery. By observing whole-brain activity in live zebrafish, researchers from the RIKEN ...
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• Bach to the blues, our emotions match music to colors

  
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  UC Berkeley: Whether we’re listening to Bach or the blues, our brains are wired to make music-color connections depending on how the melodies make us feel, according to new research from the University of California, Berkeley. For instance, Mozart’s jaunty Flute Concerto No. 1 in G major is most often associated ...
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• Even Without Stress, PTSD Effects Persist in Brain Regions

  
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  Emerging research on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) finds that specific areas of the brain may show effects of trauma even in non-stressful situations. Prior imaging studies of people with PTSD have shown that these brain regions can over- or underreact in response to stressful tasks, such as recalling a ...
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• Are mental illnesses such as PMS and depression culturally determined? | Corrinne Burns

  
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  A growing number of psychiatrists suspect mental conditions are culture-bound syndromes rather than exclusively biological The latest edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders – DSM 5 – was published over the weekend. Produced by the American Psychiatric Association, it describes the ...
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• Love and reason?

  
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  by Massimo Pigliucci Recently I attended a talk by Ronnie de Sousa, a philosopher at The University of Toronto, by the somewhat unusual, almost oxymoronic, title of “Love and Reason” (as opposed to, say, Love or Reason). It turned out to be a fascinating tour de force ranging from the Countess of Champagne and ...
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• Physicists Tool Has Potential For Brain Mapping

  
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  A new tool being developed by UT Arlington assistant professor of physics could help scientists map and track the interactions between neurons inside different areas of the brain. The journal Optics Letters recently published a paper by Samarendra Mohanty on the development of a fiber-optic, two-photon, optogenetic ...
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• Shocking New Statistics On Head Injuries Among Men Who Are Homeless Or In Danger Of Losing Their Home

  
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  Men who are heavy drinkers and homeless for long periods of time have 400 times the number of head injuries as the general population, according to a new study by researchers who said they were shocked by their findings. These men have 170 times as many severe head injuries as the general population and 300 times as ...
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• Study finds brain system for emotional self-control

  
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  Different brain areas are activated when we choose for ourselves to suppress an emotion, compared to situations where we are instructed to inhibit an emotion, according a new study from the UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Ghent University. In this study, published in Brain Structure and Function, the ...
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• Researchers Visualize Memory Formation For The First Time In Zebrafish

  
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  In our interaction with our environment we constantly refer to past experiences stored as memories to guide behavioral decisions. But how memories are formed, stored and then retrieved to assist decision-making remains a mystery. By observing whole-brain activity in live zebrafish, researchers from the RIKEN Brain ...
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• Which Emotions Facilitate Creative Problem Solving?

  
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  Innovation is an imperative in most businesses, yet how do we get people to think more innovatively? Emotions can help. When our emotions are in a particular zone (as depicted in green on the diagram), we are better at solving problems requiring creative or innovative thinking. Some problems can’t be solved by ...
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• Dangerous assumptions in neuroscience

  
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  By Robert G. Shulman I’ve spent decades in magnetic resonance research and since 1980 my colleagues and I have been studying the human brain. Like many fields of science, it is astounding to reflect on the progress made in the uses of magnetic resonance which has gone from being a physicist’s means of studying ...
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• Mindful exercise and mental health

  
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  By Helen Lavretsky, MD, MS There is currently extensive use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) — also known as integrative or mind-body medicine — in the United States to sustain well-being in both aging baby boomers and in children and adolescents. The National Center for Complementary and ...
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• The Anatomy of Violence by Adrian Raine – extract

  
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  In his challenging book on the biological causes of crime, the neuroscientist recounts how he chose between two suspects after suffering a violent burglary on holiday in Turkey It was the summer of 1989 in Bodrum, a beautiful seaside resort on the south-western coast of Turkey, soaked in sun, history and nightlife. I ...
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