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Christmas music and your brain.

24 December 2019 grant 0

The holiday spirit (or something) descended on The Washington Post, who have shared (non-paywalled, apparently) a statistical and neurological look at why Christmas music – and… Read the rest “Christmas music and your brain.”

SONG: I Spent a Week in the Dark

23 December 2019 grant 0

SONG: “I Spent a Week in the Dark”.

ARTIST: grant.

SOURCE: Science Daily, 8 December 2019, “A week in the dark rewires brain cell networks and changes hearing in adult… Read the rest “SONG: I Spent a Week in the Dark”

SONG: Sleep to Remember, Stay Awake to Forget

10 December 2019 grant 0

SONG: “Sleep to Remember, Stay Awake to Forget”.

ARTIST: grant.

SOURCE: Scientific American, 18 November 2019, “Deeper Insights Emerge into How Memories Form,”… Read the rest “SONG: Sleep to Remember, Stay Awake to Forget”

A week in the dark rewires the brain (and boosts hearing sensitivity)

8 December 2019 grant 0

Science Daily reports on a University of Maryland study that shows that (for mice at least) spending a week in darkness resets certain brain circuits, and in particular boosts the sensitivity… Read the rest “A week in the dark rewires the brain (and boosts hearing sensitivity)”

Scientific illustration of rat neurons stained with antibodies in green, red and blue.

Science Art: Neurons from rat brain tissue stained green with antibody to ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase L1 (UCH-L1)… by Gerry Shaw, 2005

24 November 2019 grant 0

Scientific illustration of rat neurons stained with antibodies in green, red and blue. Click to embiggen

Glia are the cells around neurons that manufacture myelin (the insulation around nerve cells), help repair cell damage and, apparently, have something to do with creating… Read the rest “Science Art: Neurons from rat brain tissue stained green with antibody to ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase L1 (UCH-L1)… by Gerry Shaw, 2005”

Learning where memories are born.

18 November 2019 grant 0

It happens when we sleep, says Scientific American. It happens in cells that aren’t even neurons:

A new study from the University of Toronto, published on-line this week in the journal

… Read the rest “Learning where memories are born.”
Scientific illustration of a neuron, a brain cell, being electrifying. By Nicolas P. Rougier

Science Art: Neuron Matrix, by Nicolas P. Rougier

10 November 2019 grant 0

Scientific illustration of a neuron, a brain cell, being electrifying. By Nicolas P. RougierClick to embiggen slightly

A nerve, an electric cell, a node in a network.

A place and size where electricity meets chemistry inside our bodies. This appears to be an illustration of synapses… Read the rest “Science Art: Neuron Matrix, by Nicolas P. Rougier”

Gut bacteria can help the brain conquer fear; antibiotics can make PTSD recovery harder.

24 October 2019 grant 0

Science magazine explores the gut-brain connection further with a study that finds gut bacteria can help us get over our fear responses… unless antibiotics have wiped them out: … Read the rest “Gut bacteria can help the brain conquer fear; antibiotics can make PTSD recovery harder.”

Paralyzed man moves, thanks to mind-controlled exoskeleton.

4 October 2019 grant 0

BBC News has the story (told in many photos) of Thibault, a man who has been able to move all four limbs with a robot body he controls with two brain implants:

Sixty-four electrodes on each implant

… Read the rest “Paralyzed man moves, thanks to mind-controlled exoskeleton.”

We caught a glimpse of a symbol becoming an idea in the brain.

23 August 2019 grant 0

Science News shares results from an English MRI experiment that has mapped, for the first time, how exactly our brain takes a symbol, like a letter, and converts it into the thought of a spoken… Read the rest “We caught a glimpse of a symbol becoming an idea in the brain.”

A smartphone-controlled brain implant.

13 August 2019 grant 0

Science Daily brings news (from Nature Biomedical Engineering) of a new, well, not “killer,” but “really pretty useful” app for people suffering a wide range… Read the rest “A smartphone-controlled brain implant.”

The “sonic attack” in Cuba and China… definitely did something to diplomats’ brains. Literally.

26 July 2019 grant 0

The New York Times reports on findings (from JAMA) that the people who’d complained of nausea, visual blurring and other effects after some strange events in America’s Cuban… Read the rest “The “sonic attack” in Cuba and China… definitely did something to diplomats’ brains. Literally.”

SONG: Facing North

12 May 2019 grant 0

SONG: “Facing North”.

ARTIST: grant.

SOURCE: Science News, 18 Mar 2019, “People can sense Earth’s magnetic field, brain waves suggest,” as used in the post … Read the rest “SONG: Facing North”

If you played with Pokemon as a kid, your adult brain is noticeably different: You’ve created a Pokemon brain region.

8 May 2019 grant 0

The Verge reports on a study (from Nature Human Behavior) that demonstrates that collecting all those pocket-monsters creates lasting physical changes in your brain:

…Researchers

… Read the rest “If you played with Pokemon as a kid, your adult brain is noticeably different: You’ve created a Pokemon brain region.”

People can sense the Earth’s magnetic field.

20 March 2019 grant 0

But can we navigate by it? Science News reports on the new finding that, like birds, humans appear to have “magnetoreception abilities,” sensing directions by detecting … Read the rest “People can sense the Earth’s magnetic field.”

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