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This Is Your Brain On Wall Street

N. E. Marsden | Posted 07.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Investments, Neuroscience, Wall Street, Economics, Brain, Neurofinance, Money, Stock Market, Economy, Neuroeconomics, Risk, Investors, Bubble, Business News
N. E. Marsden

Pioneers in the field of neurofinance are searching for the right neurococktail of emotion and logic for today's fast-paced electronic marketplace.

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Smelling Orange: The Interconnected Realm Of Synesthesia

DivineCaroline | Kathryn Williams | Posted 07.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Emotions, The Poetic Life, Art, Brain, The Artists Life, Colors, Neurological, The Artist's Life, Synesthesia, Living News

You've probably heard Mondays referred to as "blue" or a brightly colored shirt as "loud." For most people, these descriptions are figurative. Mondays...

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New Ways to Think About Guilt: Inside the Human Brain

Srinivasan Pillay | Posted 07.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Srini Pillay, Lies, Conscience, Guilt, Sociopathy, Gambling, Reward, Brain, Sociopath, Srinivasan Pillay, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex, Self-Regulation, Risk, Happiness, Vmpfc, Living News
Srinivasan Pillay

The message here is that although we may be fixed in the ways in which we handle guilt, we can teach our brains to become smarter about how we handle our desires.

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Why Snickers Really Satisfies

Dr. Eric Braverman | Posted 07.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Candy, Dopamine, Braverman, Brain, Health, Healthy Eating, Fast Food, Personal Health, Overeating, Sugar, Living News
Dr. Eric Braverman

Lots of people notice that eating candy bars or other sweets gives them a quick pickup, but what they don't know is the long term damage that this type of eating is doing to your brain.

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Researchers Discover Neurological Cause Of Republicanism But Cure Is Years Away

Lee Stranahan | Posted 07.10.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Special Olympics, Gop, Neuroscience, Brain, Humor, Republican Party, Sean Hannity, Political Humor, Comedy News
Lee Stranahan

Researchers seem confident that by finding the exact region of the human brain that leads to becoming an important and respected member of the Republican party that it will be possible to isolate and ultimately eradicate the condition.

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Religious Conviction: Effects on the Human Brain

Srinivasan Pillay | Posted 07.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Religion, Errors, Attention, Brain, War, Cingulate, Acc, Forgiveness, God, Anxiety, The Inner Life, Stroop, Living News
Srinivasan Pillay

When our beliefs are invested in something greater than ourselves, they protect us from anxiety because our attention is not on what is going on inside of us.

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Fatherhood Makes You Smarter

utne.com | Katie Leo | Posted 07.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Caring, Fatherhood, Parenting, Brain, Children, Wellness, Family, Living News

While recent studies show that pregnancy and childbirth positively alter the brain chemistry of mothers, could parenting have a similar impact on men?...

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STUDY: Eating Curry Weekly May Ward Off Dementia

BBC NEWS | Posted 07.04.2009 | Living

Read More: Healthy Eating, Food, Aging, Dementia, Eating, Brain, Curry, Indian Food, Living News

Eating a curry once or twice a week could help prevent the onset of Alzheimer's disease and dementia, a US researcher suggests. The key ingredient ...

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Anatomy of a Tough Decision

Scott Huettel | Posted 07.02.2009 | Business

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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Paying the Piper: Brain "Neuroenhancers"

Lloyd I. Sederer, MD | Posted 07.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Provigil, Adhd, Mental Health, Brain, Adult ADHD, Focus, Health, Side Effects, Neuroenhancers, US Airforce, Medicine, Wellness, Ritalin, Adderall, Living News
Lloyd I. Sederer, MD

If you don't have a medical condition like ADHD or narcolepsy and you take stimulants, you are entering the world of performance enhancement, where many have tread and paid a great price.

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Why the "Right Brain" Idea is Wrong-Headed

Joseph LeDoux | Posted 06.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Thought, Education, Intelligence, Emotion, Empathy, Reason, Brain, Split-Brain, Life Coaching, Intuition, Society, Business, Emotional Intelligence, Mind, Logic, Living News
Joseph LeDoux

Talking about the right brain as the way of the future is a step backwards to a time when intuitive impressions about the brain were all we had.

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Why Being A 'People Person' May Be All In Your Head

news.yahoo.com | Posted 06.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Friendship, Socializing, Friends, Mri, Brain, Parties, Brain Scan, Living News

Regions of the brain that process pleasurable experiences such as sweet tastes and sexual stimuli are the same ones that determine whether an individu...

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Caution: Stress Can Be Habit-Forming

Patricia Ferrone | Posted 06.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Stress Management, Stress, Habits, Self-Improvement, Development, Brain, Behavior, Wellness, Self-Help, Living News
Patricia Ferrone

Nothing good can come from relinquishing your self-control over to the effects of stress or making stress a staple of your life.

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Guns, Germs, and Squeals

Joseph LeDoux | Posted 06.12.2009 | Living

Read More: Farmer's Markets, Brain, Brains, Swine Flu, Agribusiness, Rodeo, Green Living, Childhood Memories, USDA Policy, Memory, Cajun Food, Living News
Joseph LeDoux

I learned what a brain was by digging bullets out of them as a kid in my father's meat market. That was before mad cow disease, when most people thought cow brains were a tasty delight.

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How does your brain work?

Joseph LeDoux | Posted 06.08.2009 | Living

Read More: Memory, Travel, Fear, Emotion, Music, Brain, Mind, Living News
Joseph LeDoux

How does your brain work? Why doesn't it work the way you want it to? Can you make it work better (or at least differently)? Are you in charge of y...

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Breaking Up Is Hard to Do - The Heart of the Matter

Dr. Gino Yu | Posted 06.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Psychology, Neuroscience, Breaking Up, Brain, Relationships, Emotional Intelligence, Love, Social Consciousness, Consciousness, Living News
Dr. Gino Yu

The day before a breakup and the day just after a break-up feel very different. One moment life is full of meaning and purpose, and in an instant everything changes.

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Media, My Cells, and My Stories

Dr. Gino Yu | Posted 05.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Fight or Flight, Brain Cell, Bonnie Bassler, Brain, Nervous System, Fight-or-Flight, Stress, Mindfulness, Meditation, Living News
Dr. Gino Yu

From the perspective of most cells in your body, experiencing the sight of a charging lion, and the experience of reading the latest shocking headline on the front page of the Huffington Post, seem very similar if not identical.

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Want to Be Smarter?

Gerald Sindell | Posted 05.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Intelligence, President Obama, Brain, The Genius Machine, Community Organizer, Blindspots, Genius, Living News
Gerald Sindell

If we use a system of thinking that works for us time and again, eventually we will internalize it. We will be the same person, but we will be different. We will truly be able to think brilliantly.

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My Friend Ian Browde's Right Brain Reflections

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 05.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Michael Jackson, Communism, Economic Downturn, President Obama, Ronald Reagan, Recession, World, Sustainability, The White House, Local Economy, Me Generation, Anti-Soviet Hysteria, Triple Bottom Line, Lt. Colonel Oliver North, Capitalism, The 80s, Los Angeles Olympic Games, Ivan Boesky, Madonna, Politics, Socialism, Social Capitalism, Economic Crisis, Micro Economies, Gorbachev, Community, Green, Iran Contra, Oliver North, Donald Trump, Economy, Leona Helmsley, Soviets, Right Brain, Brain, Politics News
Yvonne R. Davis

With the election of Barack Obama as U.S. president, the world has entered a new economic context, "social or community capitalism," which will become our paradigm by 2015 - 2020.

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Gateway to the Final Shopocalypse

Reverend Billy | Posted 05.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Logo, Branding, Spirituality and Consumerism, Mind.Body.Soul, Brain, Shopping, Economy, Green News
Reverend Billy

This lost soul, Brian Lindstrom, calls his brain scanning of the minds of religious people the key to the "Future of Branding."

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Stress Kills: 3 Reasons Do Something About Yours...Before It's Too Late

Therese Borchard | Posted 04.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Stress, Pituitary Gland, Bipolar Disorder, Heart, Brain, Health, Aortic Valve, Blogging, Personal Health, Stress Kills, Living News
Therese Borchard

I apologize if this post reads like your grandmother's obituary, but I want to drive home a very important point: STRESS KILLS YOU. I've always know...

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UK Scientists Grow Human Brain

Sky News | Posted 04.26.2009 | World

Read More: Parkinson's Disease, Human Brain Grown, Neuroscience, Grow Human Brain, Brain, England, Stem Cells, Science, Alzheimer's, Stem Cell Research, World News

The team at Aston University created tiny bundles of cells which act like a mini nervous system. They believe it could help find a cure for degenerati...

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Ask for A Brain Health Checkup

Dr. Eric Braverman | Posted 04.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Braverman, Brain, Health, Brain Quiz, Brain Health, Living News
Dr. Eric Braverman

Most doctors seem to forget about your head, or the brain that it houses, when you seek treatment for any type of medical condition, complaint, or symptom. I strongly believe that they are wrong.

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Revive Your Mind: Play the Game!

www.mochiads.com | MochiAds | Posted 03.12.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Mind, Games, Intelligence, Game, Training, Iq, Free, Smart, i.q., Flash Game, Genius, Train, Brain, Flash, Workout, Puzzle, Online, Adventure, Board Game, Puzzles, Challenge, Doof, Comedy News

Is your head feeling a little fuzzy? That cup of coffee not doing the trick? Give your brain a workout with this online puzzle game. Slap your chip-eating, couch-lounging, flabby excuse of a brain back into shape with this new game from doof studios! The four mini games will push your brain to the limit. Just follow the in-game instructions to play.

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Check Your Mathimatical Skills: Play the Game!

www.mochiads.com | MochiAds | Posted 03.09.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Games, Math, Strategy, Brain, Puzzle, Brain Training, Mathematics, Thinking, Game, Intellectual, Flash Game, Sum, Comedy News

The game resembles a normal tetris, with the only difference being that in order for a blocks combination disappeared it is necessary that the sum of digits on blocks be equival to a certain constant. With the mouse, drop tiles in the grid. Try to make adjacent tiles (columns or rows) add up to the required value. Use power-ups to assist in your progress.

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