Brain

28/05/2013 - 14:10

Wrangham, who is in his mid-60s, with an unlined face and a modest demeanor, has a fine pedigree as a primatologist, having studied... →

13/05/2013 - 12:42

Not only did he feel a sudden urge to write poetry, but he also began to paint and draw obsessively for up to 19 hours a day. He was never... →

24/04/2013 - 13:57

In the first experiment aimed at determining the brain’s “numeral area,” participants looked at single digits, letters, foreign numeral... →

17/03/2013 - 12:34

To study the impacts of electromagnetic signals on the human body, students and researchers simulate interactions between electronic... →

19/11/2012 - 16:11

As an example of how rapidly society is moving toward that level of information access, Kurzweil points out that “a kid in Africa with a... →

18/11/2012 - 14:54

Counterintuitive findings The National Institutes of Health-funded study was conducted between 2004 and 2007, and collected so much data... →

20/09/2012 - 20:20

After two weeks, mice in the deluxe suite and the regular cage showed no abnormalities in their behavior or brains. But mice that were... →

11/08/2012 - 11:25

Sommer predicted that neuronal correlates of metacognition resided in the same brain areas responsible for cognition, including the frontal... →

05/07/2012 - 11:27

The research is an outgrowth of Lev's doctoral thesis, which identified genes that increase the chances of developing Parkinson's. She... →

13/06/2012 - 10:46

Individuals trained in the laboratory of Dr. Amir Amedi can use SSDs to identify complex everyday objects, locate people and read letters... →

25/02/2012 - 14:54

In making those discoveries, I have found that, in contrast to the longstanding scientific orthodoxy, Emotional Style arises partly from... →

26/01/2012 - 16:36

The researchers used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to record the brain responses of 32 U.S. adults during key phases of an... →

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