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Science & Tech News tagged with brains

The Male Brain -- How It's Wired
Science & Tech  (tags: men, brains, science, studies )

Rosemary
- 115 days ago - cnn.com
(OPRAH.com) -- The more science learns about how men are different from us (right down to the structure of their brains), the more we find ourselves hoping it will finally explain some age-old mysteries. For instance:
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Musicians Use Both Sides Of Their Brains More Frequently Than Average People
Science & Tech  (tags: musicians, brains, cortex, research, study, interesting, humans )

Ingrid
- 418 days ago - sciencedaily.com
Supporting what many of us who are not musically talented have often felt, new research reveals that trained musicians really do think differently than the rest of us.
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The Rise of the Cyborgs
Science & Tech  (tags: machines, brains, connections, discovery, interesting )

Ingrid
- 423 days ago - discovermagazine.com
Johnny Ray, who died on this date six years ago, was Kennedy's patient, his research subject, and the world's first human cyborg, fitted with brain implants that allowed him to communicate directly with a computer.
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Fly's Tiny Brain May Hold Huge Human Benefits
Science & Tech  (tags: fly, brains, humans, research, interesting, goodnews )

Ingrid
- 611 days ago - sciencedaily.com
Before swatting at one of those pesky flies that come out as the days lengthen and the temperature rises, one should probably think twice.
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Brain Network Linked To Contemplation In Adults Is Less Complex In Children
Science & Tech  (tags: brains, scientists, humans, neurology, interesting )

Ingrid
- 624 days ago - sciencedaily.com
A brain network linked to introspective tasks -- such as forming the self-image or understanding the motivations of others -- is less intricate and well-connected in children
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Which Came First, Social Dominance Or Big Brains
Science & Tech  (tags: brains, research, wasps )

Ingrid
- 624 days ago - terradaily.com
There's new evidence supporting the idea that bigger brains are better. A study of a tropical wasp suggests that the brainpower required to be dominant drives brain capacity.
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Skeleton Shows Ancient Brain Surgery
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Ingrid
- 625 days ago - dsc.discovery.com
Archaeologists have unearthed the skull of a young woman in northern Greece who is believed to have undergone head surgery in the third century, Greek news media reported Wednesday.
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Sea Slug Inspires Brain Implant
Science & Tech  (tags: science, sea cucumber, brains, implants, parkinsonīs )

Ingrid
- 630 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
The response of a startled sea cucumber has inspired a new material that could one day be used to build brain implants for patients with Parkinson's disease.
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Adult Brains Wired to Go Ga-Ga Over Babies
Science & Tech  (tags: brains, babies, research )

Ingrid
- 639 days ago - dsc.discovery.com
The urge to cuddle and coo when presented with a baby turns out to be an innate response prompted, at least in part, by the structure of an infant's face, according to new research that actually shows how this baby love process works in adult brains.
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Scientists Discover a Way to Reverse Memory Loss in 'Accidental Breakthrough'
Science & Tech  (tags: scientists, research, study, reverse memory loss, brains, humans )

Simone
- 666 days ago - dailymail.co.uk
Scientists have stumbled on a world first in helping a man improve his memory. They were experimenting with deep-brain stimulation in an attempt to curb the appetite of a 30st patient who suffered from a lifelong obesity problem. Electrodes
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Brain Imaging Shows If You Are Thinking Of Familiar Object
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Michael
- 684 days ago - sciencedaily.com
Another important question addressed by the study was whether different brains exhibit the same or different activity patterns to encode these individual objects.
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Methylating the Mind
Science & Tech  (tags: humans, brains, DNA methylation, genes, epigenetics, genetic disorders )

Eduardo
- 720 days ago - sciencenow.sciencemag.org
Methylation patterns differed by brain region, indicating that epigenetics helps divide up the brain's functions. By understanding normal methylation, researchers can look at methylation gone wrong, possibly autism, depression, bipolar disease, etc.
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Do Our Brains Work Like Google?
Science & Tech  (tags: Google, humans, brains, search algorithm, PageRank, patent, information, technology )

Eduardo
- 722 days ago - newscientist.com
GOOGLE's patented and powerful search algorithm, PageRank, may mimic the way the human brain retrieves information. Our memory for words can be modeled as a network in which each point represents a different word, with each linked to words related to it.
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Brain Pattern Linked To Risk of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Mental Health Articles
Science & Tech  (tags: humans, OCD, brains, brain scans, risk, disorder )

Eduardo
- 731 days ago - emaxhealth.com
Individuals with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and their close family members have distinctive patterns in their brain structure. This is the first time that scientists have associated an anatomical trait with familial risk for the disorder.
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Migraine Sufferers Have Different Brains
Science & Tech  (tags: MRI, structure, humans, brains, migraines, sensory processing, science )

Eduardo
- 738 days ago - webmd.com
used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) shows structural differences between the brains of people with and without migraines. Specifically, the imaging showed thickening in a specific area of the brain related to the communication of sensory processing.
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