human brain

Web Surfing Keeps The Brain Sharp for Alzheimer's Patients

Armen Hareyan — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 12:10:14 -0600

Do the web surfers have sharper brains? Apparently web surfing is one of the activities that keeps the brain sharp for the Alzheimer's patients. 10 Tips for Keeping the Brain Sharp Into 2009 - from www.ALZinfo.org the Alzheimer's information site brought to you by the Fisher Center for Alzheimer's Research Foundation.

Simple brain mechanisms explain arbitrary human visual decisions

harminka — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 01:06:03 -0600

Mark Twain, a skeptic of the idea of free will, argues in his essay "What Is Man?" that humans do not command their minds or the opinions they form.

Brain games for sharper minds

Armen Hareyan — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:14:43 -0500

Some studies say computer and video games have negative and some others say have positive effects on children and the human brain. Interestingl some of those games are designed particularly to help your brain.

Tsunami in the Brain

harminka — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:27:35 -0500

After a stroke, waves of electrical discharge in the human brain cause more nerve cells to die / Researchers from Heidelberg an Cologne publish a study in the “Annals of Neurology”

Complex synapses drove brain evolution

harminka — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:04:25 -0500

One of the great scientific challenges is to understand the design principles and origins of the human brain. New research has shed light on the evolutionary origins of the brain and how it evolved into the remarkably complex structure found in humans.

Computer model reveals how brain represents meaning

harminka — Thu, 29 May 2008 14:02:41 -0500

Scientists at Carnegie Mellon University have taken an important step toward understanding how the human brain codes the meanings of words by creating the first computational model that can predict the unique brain activation patterns associated with names for things that you can see, hear, feel, taste or smell.

Exercise Your Brain By Stimulating

Armen Hareyan — Sat, 24 May 2008 10:37:34 -0500

I have a big birthday coming up so aging is on my mind. Having things "on your mind" is good because the brain benefits from being stimulated.

Brain reacts to fairness as it does to money and chocolate

harminka — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 06:38:40 -0500

The human brain responds to being treated fairly the same way it responds to winning money and eating chocolate, UCLA scientists report. Being treated fairly turns on the brain's reward circuitry.

Brain wave recognized with award

seher — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 11:49:54 -0500

Cardiff University research to improve knowledge of the structure and function of the human brain has been recognized with an award.

Professor And Student Find New View Of Brain Injury

Armen Hareyan — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:59:54 -0500

Baylor research team captures first images of post-concussion brain swelling.

Neurons hard wired to tell left from right

harminka — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 03:18:31 -0500

It's well known that the left and right sides of the brain differ in many animal species and this is thought to influence cognitive performance and social behaviour. For instance, in humans, the left half of the brain is concerned with language processing whereas the right side is better at comprehending musical melody.

Expand your mind with Explore-At-Bristol

seher — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 08:02:34 -0500

We all know we have a brain, but do we really understand the incredible things it does? You can delve into DNA and find out exactly how grey matter works from Tuesday 11 to Friday 14 March when Explore-At-Bristol joins forces with the University’s Bristol Neuroscience (BN) team to get really brainy.