Neurology

Talking To God: It's A Brain Puzzle

The European Magazine | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: God, Neurology, Religion and Science, Neuroscience, Talking to God, Prayer, Belief, Prayer and Meditation, Brain Science, Religion News
The European Magazine

What happens when believers attempt to communicate with their God? If the brain did not evolve a system for conversing with highly abstract invisible entities, what brain systems activate when it does?

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Your Brain Is Trying to Kill You

Greg Roach | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Evolution, Brain Evolution, Technology and Health, Technology, Neurology, Brain Health, Social Media, Technology News
Greg Roach

In the face of this tidal wave of uncertainty brought on by technology, the primordial structures of our brains are working overtime, with often debilitating, even toxic, consequences.

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Neurotechnology: Science Fiction or Applied Science?

Matthew D. Erlich, M.D. | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Psychiatry, Brain Science, Psychology, Brain Scan, Applied Science, Neuroscience, Cognitive Science, Brain Imaging, Neuropsychology, Neurotechnology, Neurology, Science Fiction, Artificial Intelligence, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Science News
Matthew D. Erlich, M.D.

As science makes a reality of what has been science fiction, we will face questions of how to best apply neurotechnologies. Should they be limited to helping those who have illnesses? Or should they bolster the performance of a wartime soldier, enable a C student to get As, or supercharge CEOs?

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Face Blindness, Mysterious And Socially Crippling, Spotlighted By "60 Minutes" Report

The Huffington Post | David Freeman | Posted 03.20.2012

Read More: Face Blindness, Video, Neurological Disorder, Prosopagnosia, 60 Minutes, Lesley Stahl, Brain Damage, Neurology, Science News

What's it like not to recognize your best friend's face? How about your mother's--or your child's? What sounds unimaginable to most people is a daily ...

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This Is Your Brain On Dance!

Posted 02.29.2012

Read More: Neuroscience, Choreography, Video, Riley Watts, Urban Living, Art Meets Science, Brain, Dr. Emily Cross, Science, Dance, Neurology, Bangar University, Neuroaesthetics, Arts News

We can guess what our brains go through while we're dancing; we experience euphoria, elation, happiness, and probably nervousness for those with two l...

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Busting The Most Common Myth About Your Brain

Marie Pasinski, M.D. | Posted 07.22.2011

Read More: Neurology, Brain Health, Brain Myths, Brain 10%, Brain 10 Percent, Brain Myth, Brain 10 Percent Myth, Memory and Cognition, Brain Usage, Brain 10% Myth, Healthy Living News
Marie Pasinski, M.D.

Recently, a reporter asked me, "Is it true that we only use 10 percent of our brain?" As a neurologist, I reassured her that this idea is patently false.

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3 Ways To Spring Clean Your Brain

Marie Pasinski, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Neurology, Happiness, Brain Health, Spring, Brain, Wellness, Healthy Living News
Marie Pasinski, M.D.

Giving your brain a spring makeover will not only help you think clearer, but it will keep you looking younger and more radiant.

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Tips For Avoiding Winter Falls

Marie Pasinski, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fall, Brain Health, Neurology, Recovery, Fitness, Home News
Marie Pasinski, M.D.

With more than half the country currently in a deep freeze, head, back, neck and limb injuries from slipping on an ice patch or from winter sports such as skiing, skating, or sledding are commonplace.

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Film Review: The Music Never Stopped

Joseph Smigelski | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Grateful Dead, Brain Science, Oliver Sacks, Independent Film, 1960s Music, Neurology, Cognitive Psychology, The Music Never Stopped Review, The Music Never Stopped, Entertainment News
Joseph Smigelski

The Music Never Stopped is a moving and an inspiring cinematic experience. And it just might turn you into a Grateful Dead fan -- as it did me.

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Learning About Your Brain Can Be A (Positive) Addiction

David Rock | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Stress, Self Awareness, Meditation, Neuroscience, Brain, Mindfulness, Stress Reduction, Self-Help, Science, Mindfulness Meditation, Meditation Brain, Neurology, Study Brain, Healthy Living News
David Rock

How is understanding your brain similar to mindfulness practice? Firstly, when you understand your brain, you find yourself noticing things you wouldn't otherwise notice.

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Neuroscience, Meet Conceptual Art

Carl Schoonover | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Brain Scans, Thought, Mirror Neurons, MRI Brain Scans, Brain Pictures, Portrait of the Mind, Neuroscience, Cognitive Science, Brain, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Cognitive Dissonance, Neuropsychology, Brain Fitness, Neurology, Mri, Slidepollajax, Cognition, Mind, Neurotransmitters, Books News
Carl Schoonover

In making the case for the raw aesthetic appeal of neuroscience data, I focus on the powerful ideas that have given us this striking visual vocabulary.

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If It's Not Alzheimer's Disease or Parkinson's Disease, It May Be NPH

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Parkinson's Disease, Neurological Problems, Dementia, Dr. Santiago Figuereo, Personal Health, Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus, Alzheimer's, Neurology, NPH, National Institutes of Health, Neurologists, Misdiagnosis, Healthy Living News
Marcia G. Yerman

NPH is the short form term for a three-word disease that is being misdiagnosed all too frequently. I first learned about Normal Pressure Hydrocephalu...

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A Link Between The Human Brain And Myth Making (VIDEO)

Big Think | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Darwinism, Darwinism vs. Creationism, Darwin, Neurology, 5min, Human Brain, Health, Creationism vs. Evolution, Evolution, Healthy Living News

Dr. Oliver Sacks, professor of Neurology and Psychiatry at Columbia University, weighs in on whether the human brain is predisposed to create myths. H...

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NASA's Wrong Stuff

Aysha Akhtar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Medical Ethics, Animal Cruelty, Nasa, Animal Rights, Medical Research, Animal Abuse, Animals, Neuroscience, Animal Welfare, Obama NASA, Bioethics, Cognitive Science, Neurology, Cognition, Green News
Aysha Akhtar

NASA's radiation experiments on monkeys have cost thousands of animals their lives and have provided hardly any useful information about the effects of space radiation on humans.

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Prisoner's Dilemma: Should a Chicago Alderman Relish His Opposition to Felony Franks?

Marilia Duffles | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hot Dogs, Chicago, Slavery, Social Ills, Neurology, Rehabilitation, Frederick Douglass, Felony Franks, Jimmy Andrews, Chicago City Council, Barack Obama, Robert Fioretti, Felons, Chicago News
Marilia Duffles

Leave it to a Wall Street Journal story this week about a Chicago alderman's opposition to Jimmy Andrews' Felony Franks -- a hot dog joint that hires ...

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Inside The Tripper's Brain: Scientists Create 3D Maps Of Brains On Drugs (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lsd, Neuroscience, Brain on LSD, Brain Drug Trip, Brain Hallucinogen, Brain, Acid, Brain on Acid, Brain Drugs, Drugs, Hallucinogenics, Neurology, Video, Technology News

See video below "What does a trip to hell look like inside the mind?" this National Geographic segment asks. Find out in the video below, which tak...

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Attention Deficit Déjà Vu

Mike Doyle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: ADHD Medication, Health, Adult ADHD, ADD/ADHD, Brains, Distraction, Neurological-Problems, Living, Medicines, Neurology, Chicago News
Mike Doyle

ADDers often feel like we're living in a separate world, without the vocabulary to explain to outsiders the all-encompassing nature and tenacity of the disorder we fight on a minute-by-minute basis.

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Hold the MSG: Food Triggers for Epilepsy and Other Neurological Illnesses

Alison Rose Levy | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Epilepsy, Axelrod Daughter Epilepsy, Neurotoxin, Susan Axelrod, Neurology, Excitotoxin, David Axelrod, Food Additives, Health, Healthy Living News
Alison Rose Levy

For neurological illnesses, a body of scientific research demonstrates that certain food additives contribute to excessive nerve cell firing, and thus may possibly trigger neurological incidents.

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Scientific Link To Autism Identified

medicalnewstoday.com | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Neuroscience, Brain Chemistry, Brain, Biology, Health, Biochemistry, New Study, Autism, Vaccine, Neurology, Hormones, Wellness, Homeostasis, Hormone-Imbalance, Healthy Living News

After careful review of countless scientific studies, The Center's Life Sciences group was able to formulate a scientifically verifiable model for the...

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Anatomy of a Tough Decision

Scott Huettel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Decisions, Neuroscience, Brain, Neurology, Decision-Making, Business News
Scott Huettel

The way we make decisions results, in part, from low-level biases within our own brains.

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Don't Turn Obama Into Blair

Indra Adnan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: UK, Leadership, Responsibility, Economy, Obama, Media, Campaign, Government, Transition, Change, Charisma, Duty, Local Community, Networks, Blair, Neurology, Voting, Rapidrebuttal, Alistaircampbell, Britain, Charismatic, Focus, Optimism, Grassroots, Delegation, Barack Obama, Mainstream Media, Media Culture, Newteams, Academic, Morale, Narcissism, Donations, Yes We Can, Obama Blair, World News
Indra Adnan

Too many people in the UK remember the hope and subsequent betrayal of New Labour's victory in 1997 when Tony Blair metamorphosed from Bambi to Terminator in his first term.

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