Reading is fundamental… for kids’ brains.
Science Daily reveals research that proves reading lessons really do create new brain cells in children: Carnegie Mellon University scientists Timothy Keller and Marcel Just […]
neurology
Squirt memory up your nose.
The venerable Lockergnome recently looked at memory technology – specifically, a nasal spray that boosts your ability to learn: In a research report featured as […]
Dead Fish Tell Tales, Alright.
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 […]
We have ways of making you talk. OK, no, not really.
ScienceInsider dares to contradict thousands of Alias fans with “facts” and “experimental proof” from a neuroscientist who explains why torture doesn’t work: (Quoted from Trends […]
By definition, a crush must hurt…
The Telegraph provides insight into the genuine pain of a broken heart: Psychologists at the University of California, Los Angeles say the human body has […]
Exposing the Seat of Wisdom.
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 […]
Pay attention to your daydreaming.
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 […]
Music boosts brains.
Scientific American casts a cold eye on music makers, and clinically reveals that yes, music really matters: To record brain stem responses, the researchers placed […]
Love from the inside out.
Esquire sings with neurological romance, using brain scans to tell a husband’s stirring story of the brain in love: Against all odds, I’m still hot […]
Music opens your heart. No, really.
CNN recently covered some fun physiological research from the University of Maryland that showed that music – music you like – really is good for […]
Mmmm. Neurology. Oh, yeah.
Nature Neuroscience (via the BBC) lets researchers push all the right buttons after they’ve discovered brave new ways to make us feel good: A team, […]
Memory and meditation.
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 […]
SONG: 64 Actuators
SONG: “64 Actuators” (To download: double right-click & “Save As”) ARTIST: grant. SOURCE: “Jacket Lets You Feel the Movies”, IEEE Spectrum, 18 March 2009, as […]
Touch the vision.
ScienceNOW is watching perceptual experts sketch out the first map of a strange sensory hinterland – the perceptual space that lies between what you see […]
Of schizophrenic sight and hollow faces.
New Scientist reports on an unusual perceptual quirk schizophrenia grants its victims – the ability to see through the tricky “hollow mask” optical illusion: Telling […]