Neuroscience

Have 5 Minutes? Now You Can Do A Brain Imaging Study

fMRI has always been a little misused, to people who know what they are talking about. 20 years after it was first done, the promise seems to have been overrun by agenda-based cultural mapping. ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Mar 28 2013 - 12:01pm

Neuroprediction: Brain Scans Foretell Criminal Behavior

The Mind Research Network in Albuquerque says that brain scans can predict the likelihood of whether a criminal will re-offend following release from prison. ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 28 2013 - 3:01pm

Hallucinations Of Musical Notation: The Neural Basis

Building on work done by Dominic ffytche et al in 2000, which delineates more than a dozen types of hallucinations, particularly in relation to people with Charles Bonnet syndrome (a condition that causes patients with visual loss to have complex visual h ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 4 2013 - 10:53am

How Reliable Is Neuroscience Research? Not Very, Says Analysis

New research has questioned the reliability of neuroscience studies, concluding that most had an average power of around 20 percent – a finding which means the chance of the average study discovering the effect being investigated is only one in five.  The ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 10 2013 - 5:49pm

Your Brain Is Good At Math, Even If You Aren't

Brain studies are a mass of contradictions. When you leave your job and your home and your technology behind for a vacation, you 'disconnect' some claim. "Actually, you've just given your brain a whole new challenge," says Thomas ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 11 2013 - 10:16am

Cellular Alchemy: Skin Cells Become Functional Brain Cells

A technique reported in Nature Biotechnology directly converts skin cells to the type of brain cells destroyed in patients with multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy and other so-called myelin disorders.   Myelinating cells provide a vital sheath of insulati ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 15 2013 - 9:14am

Mind-Boggling Numbers: Genetic Expression In The Human Brain

President Obama’s ...

Article - Rebecca Goldin - Apr 16 2013 - 11:11am

Too Much Thinking Can Cause DNA Damage In The Brain?

Neuroscientists have long demonstrated that neuronal connections in the brain can be strengthened with neuronal activity in the process known as neuroplasticity, and that brain training can be the ideal remedy to sharpen the human mind and to slow down th ...

Article - Jennifer Wong - Apr 26 2013 - 10:37am

Men May Be Chemically Wired to Avoid Adultery with Friends' Wives

A University of Missouri study found that the testosterone levels of men dropped when they interacted with the wife of a close friend. What does this mean? Testosterone is the chemical of sexual desire and aggression in both men and women. Men's T-le ...

Blog Post - Susan Kuchinskas - May 1 2013 - 5:17pm

The Whale, The Torpedo And Cruelty To Animals

The Whale, The Torpedo And Cruelty To Animals, A brief history of the use of electricity in medicine and the development of the pacemaker. ...

Article - Patrick Lockerby - May 14 2013 - 4:46pm