Science Daily reports on University of North Carolina research that shows transcranial stimulation, the fascinating new tech that uses mild DC current to “switch on” parts… Read the rest “Using tDCS – mild electric jolts to stimulate your brain – actually hurts your IQ score.”
The Independent reports on Duke University researchers who think they’ve figured out how Alzheimer’s happens… and how to stop it:
… Read the rest “New Alzheimer’s hope?”Researchers at Duke announced that
Popular Science plunges into a study in The Lancet examining the possible neurological benefit of being obese:
… Read the rest “Obesity contra dementia. (How the extra pounds protect your brain.)”The team of British researchers looked at records of almost two million patients
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience is asking the tough questions about what… and when… we should be doing to kids’ brains with electromagnetism:
… Read the rest “The ethics of altering your children’s brains.”As the intervention
Science Daily plunges into the fun, fun research into how toxoplasmosis pulls your strings:
… Read the rest “That brain-controlling cat parasite? We’ve figured out how it works….”The parasite is Toxoplasma gondii, which has infected an estimated one in four Americans and
BBC looks into our brains, watching scans that show how one memory can literally replace a different, but similar one:
… Read the rest “A new memory will replace a similar memory: the anatomy of forgetting”“People are used to thinking of forgetting as something passive,”
New Scientist seems to be going a little around the bend with transplants this week (witness hand enthusiasm), especially when it comes to the prospect of putting your head on an all-new … Read the rest “Full body transplants.”
LiveScience examines how and why rats are aroused by tiny vests:
… Read the rest “A rat bustier or a rat camisole for a little rat naughtiness.”In an unusual study, researchers allowed virgin male rats to have sex with females wearing special rodent “jackets.”
Science Daily reveals that two kinds of phthalates – chemicals found in ordinary stuff like dryer sheets, soap, lipstick and vinyl fabrics – can drop IQ points off developing… Read the rest “Dumb chemicals drop babies’ IQs.”
New Scientist reveals how menthol – something originally added to cigarettes to soothe smokers’ throats – actually makes cigarettes more ‘cigarette-y’… Read the rest “Why menthol makes it harder to quit.”
Science News breaks some scary news to the fungus-phobic and those of us living in old buildings or moist climates. Researchers at CUNY have discovered exactly *how* household mold is bad… Read the rest “Worried? Forgetful? Is there mold in your walls?”
NPR goes, ahem, under the covers to trace the brain chemistry of sleep:
… Read the rest “Here’s why sleep affects your memory (and how you can change it).”“One of the most profound effects of a night of sleep is the improvement in our ability to remember things,”
CBC has more on a study that finds kids adopted from China in infancy still have native speakers’ brain responses to spoken Chinese – even if they can’t understand it… Read the rest “Adoptees’ “lost language” is still wired into their brains.”
Nature takes a second look at the neurology of feeling a presence right next to you:
… Read the rest “Don’t turn around. He’s standing right behind you.”Some people with relatively rare types of brain injury also experience this ‘feeling of a presence’. A
Laboratory Equipment discusses research that’s found a low-carb, high-fat diet reduces seizures in hard-to-treat epilepsy:
… Read the rest “Atkins Diet Eases Epilepsy”“We need new treatments for the 35 percent of people
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