If you’ve ever wondered what a dead fish is thinking, LiveScience has the data, thanks to a team that gave brain scans to a dead salmon:
… Read the rest “Dead Fish Tell Tales, Alright.”It began in 2005 when Bennett picked up a salmon
ScienceInsider dares to contradict thousands of Alias fans with “facts” and “experimental proof” from a neuroscientist who explains why torture doesn’t… Read the rest “We have ways of making you talk. OK, no, not really.”
The Telegraph provides insight into the genuine pain of a broken heart:
… Read the rest “By definition, a crush must hurt…”Psychologists at the University of California, Los Angeles say the human body has a gene which connects physical
The Times somewhat recently took a close look at our brains, particularly the parts that UC San Diego neurologists say are responsible for what we call “wisdom” rather than… Read the rest “Exposing the Seat of Wisdom.”
There’s been a lot of attention paid to paying attention lately – and how we really need to not do that all the time. Wall Street Journal, Discover magazine and PhysOrg all have… Read the rest “Pay attention to your daydreaming.”
Scientific American casts a cold eye on music makers, and clinically reveals that yes, music really matters:
… Read the rest “Music boosts brains.”To record brain stem responses, the researchers placed electrodes on the heads
Esquire sings with neurological romance, using brain scans to tell a husband’s stirring story of the brain in love:
… Read the rest “Love from the inside out.”Against all odds, I’m still hot for my wife. Chemically,
CNN recently covered some fun physiological research from the University of Maryland that showed that music – music you like – really is good for your heart:
… Read the rest “Music opens your heart. No, really.”Miller thought,
Nature Neuroscience (via the BBC) lets researchers push all the right buttons after they’ve discovered brave new ways to make us feel good:
… Read the rest “Mmmm. Neurology. Oh, yeah.”A team, including scientists from the
You’d expect that meditation would improve your ability to remember things, I suppose. But this study mentioned in New Scientist shows that it really depends on how recently you … Read the rest “Memory and meditation.”
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SOURCE: “Jacket Lets You Feel the Movies”, IEEE Spectrum… Read the rest “SONG: 64 Actuators”
ScienceNOW is watching perceptual experts sketch out the first map of a strange sensory hinterland – the perceptual space that lies between what you see what you feel:
… Read the rest “Touch the vision.”Experiments
New Scientist reports on an unusual perceptual quirk schizophrenia grants its victims – the ability to see through the tricky “hollow mask” optical illusion:
… Read the rest “Of schizophrenic sight and hollow faces.”Telling
Washington University in St. Louis has been looking at depressed people’s brains – specifically the “default mode network,” a series of connections that link… Read the rest “Depressed brains are… depressed.”
From Chris Pirillo’s Lockergnome comes news of good cheer to those who can’t tear their gaze away from Left4Dead for more than a few seconds at a time. Researchers have concluded… Read the rest “First-person shooters in shades of gray.”
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