Brain

25/08/2014 - 15:52

At the same time, chaos has its advantages. On a behavioral level, the arms race between predator and prey has wired erratic strategies... →

15/08/2014 - 12:00

These are quite abstract concepts, though. There is a large gap, a grey area in between these concepts and our knowledge of how the brain... →

02/07/2014 - 14:04

The participants were given an intelligence test in 1947 at age 11 years and retested in their early 70s, between 2008 and 2010. 262... →

04/06/2014 - 12:33

Strong effects The findings indicate that those who spoke two or more languages had significantly better cognitive abilities compared to... →

16/05/2014 - 11:35

In the 1730s, just after turning forty, Swedenborg took up neuroanatomy. Instead of actually dissecting brains, though, he got himself a... →

07/05/2014 - 14:42

Villa and Roebroeks examined the most common scientific explanations or theories for Neanderthal extinction, such as technologically more... →

16/04/2014 - 17:27

Fight or flight The brain’s response mechanisms to fear and tension have been widely researched due to the possible link between the... →

06/04/2014 - 14:04

3. Don't Read To Your Kids, Read With Them Got a little one who is learning to read? Don't let them just stare at the pictures in a book... →

27/02/2014 - 15:13

So does gender affect the brain or not? “Of course it does, but it’s not the only factor. That’s why it’s impossible to know exactly how it... →

30/01/2014 - 17:30

What the professor doesn't mention is the emotional trauma that the brain must register for having made a crap decision. Like the split-... →

12/01/2014 - 13:02

Of mice and microglia Most research into clinical depression targets the brain’s neuron cells, while the involvement of other types of... →

16/09/2013 - 12:43

In previous studies, the researchers observed that patients with dyslexia exhibited a correlation between the gene PCSK6 and handedness.... →

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