New research indicates too much information can affect areas of the brain and interfere with your ability to make decisions.
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Cell Phone Use Creates Brain Changes (video)
New study shows cell phone radiation stimulates brain activity. This has not yet been linked to cancer.
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An Electric Thinking Cap?
Scientists are on the verge of creating a cap to stimulate the brain.
ScienceDaily (Feb. 3, 2011) — Are we on the verge of being able to stimulate the brain to see the world anew -- an electric thinking cap? Research by Richard Chi and Allan Snyder from the Centre for the Mind at the University of Sydney suggests that this could be the case.
They found that participants who received electrical stimulation of the anterior temporal lobes were three times as likely to reach the fresh insight necessary to solve a difficult, unfamiliar problem than those in the control group. The study published on February 2 in the open-access journal PLoS ONE.
Meditiation Changes Brain Structure
Mindfulness meditation can change brain structure in only eigth weeks.
ScienceDaily (Jan. 21, 2011) — Participating in an 8-week mindfulness meditation program appears to make measurable changes in brain regions associated with memory, sense of self, empathy and stress. In a study that will appear in the January 30 issue of Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, a team led by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers report the results of their study, the first to document meditation-produced changes over time in the brain's grey matter.
"Although the practice of meditation is associated with a sense of peacefulness and physical relaxation, practitioners have long claimed that meditation also provides cognitive and psychological benefits that persist throughout the day," says Sara Lazar, PhD, of the MGH Psychiatric Neuroimaging Research Program, the study's senior author. "This study demonstrates that changes in brain structure may underlie some of these reported improvements and that people are not just feeling better because they are spending time relaxing."
Why do dogs have bigger brains than cats?
Why do dogs have bigger brains than cats? They are more sociable.
ScienceDaily (Nov. 28, 2010) — Over millions of years dogs have developed bigger brains than cats because highly social species of mammals need more brain power than solitary animals, according to a study by Oxford University.
For the first time researchers have attempted to chart the evolutionary history of the brain across different groups of mammals over 60 million years. They have discovered that there are huge variations in how the brains of different groups of mammals have evolved over that time. They also suggest that there is a link between the sociality of mammals and the size of their brains relative to body size, according to a study published in the PNAS journal.
The research team analysed available data on the brain size and body size of more than 500 species of living and fossilised mammals. It found that the brains of monkeys grew the most over time, followed by horses, dolphins, camels and dogs. The study shows that groups of mammals with relatively bigger brains tend to live in stable social groups. The brains of more solitary mammals, such as cats, deer and rhino, grew much more slowly during the same period. Read more here.
Playing Video Games With Your Brain Waves
Game developers show off technology that reads users' brain waves and footsteps. This will be out for Christmas.
Brain Cancer and Quality of Life
Brain Cancer and Quality of Life (video)
Ted Kennedy\u2019s death from brain cancer brings to light his \u201cquality of life\u201d with the disease.
Ted Kennedy\u2019s death from brain cancer brings to light his \u201cquality of life\u201d with the disease.
Brain Study: "Use it or Lose It"(video)
Brain Study: "Use it or Lose It"(video)
New research is changing the understanding of the relationship between getting older and keeping the mind healthy. The key - according to scientists - is exercise. Mental exercise. (May 7)
New research is changing the understanding of the relationship between getting older and keeping the mind healthy. The key - according to scientists - is exercise. Mental exercise. (May 7)
Risky Brains Lack 'Brakes'(video)
Thrill Seekers Lack Brakes In The Brain
New research gives a possible explanation for why some of us are thrill seekers and others like to play it safe. The study found that some of us can’t control the release of a certain brain chemical.(video)
New research gives a possible explanation for why some of us are thrill seekers and others like to play it safe. The study found that some of us can’t control the release of a certain brain chemical.(video)
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