Nap without guilt: It boosts sophisticated memory (AP) -- Just in time for the holidays, some medical advice most people will like: Take a nap. Interrupting...
Adult brain neurons can remodel connections Overturning a century of prevailing thought, scientists are finding that neurons in the adult brain can remodel...
Scientists find more evidence the aging brain is easily distracted Canadian researchers have found more evidence that older adults aren't able to filter out...
Why C is not G: How we identify letters The next time you are reading a book, or even as you read this article, consider the words that you are seeing. How do...
An emergency brake in the brain Brain researchers at the University of Oslo in Norway have penetrated deeply into the innermost secrets of the brain to find...
It takes two to tango: Not only the receiving, but also the transmitting terminal of a nerve cell's synapse is higly ada (PhysOrg.com) -- Where would we be...
Nitric Oxide Can Alter Brain Function ScienceDaily (Nov. 27, 2008) - Research from the Medical Research Council (MRC) Toxicology Unit at the University of...
Robert, there are several (more technical) distinctions in the oxygen - nitrogen compounding and NO seems a generally well usable simplification which I accept...
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Robert, the report touches an important (and much wider) domain. Our vision on recognition is - to be nice - one sided and incomplete. It mimics the ...
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Neuroscientists isolate gene essential to early brain development University of Queensland neuroscientists have discovered the crucial role a specific gene...
JohnM, I think you're wrong when you say, "Similarly recognizing faces, or patterns works in ways we still only imagine." In fact, we know a great deal about...
Sonny, you invested a nice paragraph into all my text reading: *** "Similarly recognizing faces, or patterns works in ways we still only imagine. Science stays...
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http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=magic-and-the-brain (Also http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=magic-and-the-brain&print=true ) November, 2008 Magic and the...
Virtual Ears And The Cocktail Party Effect ScienceDaily (Nov. 29, 2008) - Oxford University research has helped understanding of the so-called 'cocktail party...
... A phase-locked loop or phase lock loop (PLL) is a control system that generates a signal that has a fixed relation to the phase of a "reference" signal. A...
John, I was responding to what I perceived as your lack of appreciation for what science does know about the mechanical processes involved in perceiving the...
Why We Remember Important Things And Forget Trivia: Neuron's Synapses Remodel Themselves ScienceDaily (Dec. 3, 2008) - Where would we be without our ability to...
EEGs show brain differences between poor and rich kids University of California, Berkeley, researchers have shown for the first time that the brains of...
Have numbness, pain or muscle weakness? Guidelines identify best tests for neuropathy New guidelines developed by the American Academy of Neurology find a...
Stress-related disorders affect brain's processing of memory Researchers using functional MRI (fMRI) have determined that the circuitry in the area of the...
Scientists ask: Is technology rewiring our brains? (AP) -- What does a teenage brain on Google look like? Do all those hours spent online rewire the circuitry?...
If I Were You: Perceptual Illusion of Body Swapping Valeria I. Petkova, H. Henrik Ehrsson Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden ...
Neural Dynamics of Learning Sound-Action Associations Adam McNamara 1,2, Giovanni Buccino 3, Mareike M. Menz 1,4, Jan Gläscher 4, Thomas Wolbers 4, Annette...
Time-of-Day-Dependent Enhancement of Adult Neurogenesis in the Hippocampus So-ichi Tamai 1, Kamon Sanada 2,3, Yoshitaka Fukada 1 1 Department of Biophysics and...
Robert (it is not 'you', it is the report-position you posted): There is a tendency to consider the neuronal brain as a bunch of soldered wires for connections...
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Generally speaking, a routine CAT scan will not display ADHD - ADD - Hyperactivity - Attention Deficit at all. A person can have marked difficulties with...
Unlocking the mysteries of memory Stop and think for a moment. What do you remember about your breakfast this morning? One part of your brain will recall the...
