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.”
The IEEE (what used to be the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) reports in Spectrum about a strange new entertainment breakthrough that combines neurology, electronics… Read the rest “Jacket makes movies feelies.”
ScientificBlogging covers some fun experiments that involve hooking musicians up to EEG machines, letting them rock out together and watching their brainwaves fall into the same pattern… Read the rest “Guitarists’ brains click together.”
SONG: “Mama Never Taught Me” (To download: double right-click & “Save As”)
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SOURCE: “Can experiences be passed on to offspring? … Read the rest “SONG: Mama Never Taught Me”
New Scientist educates us about a new study suggesting that pregnant moms’ mental workouts can affect their unborn kids’ brains:
… Read the rest “Teach ’em young. If not earlier.”Larry Feig at Tufts University School of
New Scientist uncorks the peculiar way passion affects our scents, by blanketing would-be competitors with the smell of love:
… Read the rest “Love is… a natural deodorant?”In a series of trials, each woman was asked to pick out their
This seems natural to me, but also seems like the kind of thing that drives more literally minded thinkers out of their heads. A University of Rochester neuroscientist has just found that… Read the rest “Hard Decision? Don’t think about it.”
Biology News Net had a study not so long ago into how our brains recognize music. Researchers at University of Rochester’s Eastman School of Music and Department of Brain and Cognitive… Read the rest “That’s a C-sharp, right?”
Did I post this before? I have no way of knowing. New Scientist tells me (for what I hope is the first time) that researchers have found a single enzyme that can erase specific memories:
… Read the rest “One Step Closer to the Spotless Mind.”Several
WebMD reports on the first clinical application for using really big magnets to zap depressed people’s brain waves:
… Read the rest “Depression Meets the Magnet Cure.”The clearance comes nearly two years after a January 2007 FDA
A new Vanderbilt University study demonstrates why learning an instrument and, like, rocking out can make your brain better – because musicians use both sides of their brains:
… Read the rest “Musicians have ambidextrous brains.”The
SciAm warms my heart with a great interview about metaphor. Cognitive psychiatrist Chen-Bo Zhong of the University of Toronto is an expert in why certain feelings are actually processed… Read the rest “Giving the cold shoulder? Just wash your hands of it.”
Scientists in New Zealand have distressing news for those of us who enjoy a drumstick now and again. As reported in New Scientist, they’ve found more evidence that birds are smarter… Read the rest “Clever Crows Make Chimps Chumps.”
Because, New Scientist tells us, there are only six forms of music to have:
… Read the rest “You can have any music you like, as long as it’s one of these six forms.”In his new book, The World in Six Songs, cognitive psychologist and former record producer Daniel Levitin argues
If you’re one of those people who straddle the gulf between science and creativity (and I think, deep down, most people are, cf. 43 folders)… or if you’re just someone… Read the rest “Uninterruptable Zen.”
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