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Serena Lee: My Brain Injury Taught Me to Be Brave

2013-05-21T15:50:32Z

In three weeks, I will graduate from UCLA. The greatest advice that I have for incoming and current scholars is simple: be fearless. Face your fears. Don't be afraid. Fear will hold you back. Bravery will push you forward.

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Stanton Peele: The Search for Mental Illness and Addiction in the Brain, Part II: Why Are the Human Psyche and Behavior So Complicated?

2013-05-21T15:30:45Z

The very inconclusiveness of the Human Genome Project as detailed in part one is pushing us to conclude that we were only looking in the wrong place when we put a microscope to our DNA. Instead, we have determined to look to the brain directly.

Read more: Human Genome Project, Mental Disorders, Mental Illness, Healthy Living Health News, Brain Mapping, Mental Health, Mental Health Research, Dsm, Addiction and Recovery, Brain Science, Obama Brain Mapping, Mind, Healthy Living News

Roya R. Rad, MA, PsyD: The Brain of a Spiteful Person

2013-05-21T15:04:56Z

What does not grow decays, and the brain is a part of this as well. Now the question is, which one do you choose: growth or decay and when?

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3 Ways To Train Your Brain To Get More Done Faster

2013-05-21T10:14:35Z

By Gretchen Reynolds

Science suggests that your brain is one of the best organizational tools out there. But how do you deploy it to de-clutter...

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Alvaro Fernandez: 6 Brain-Boosting Ways To Reduce Stress

2013-05-20T08:08:13Z

Learning to effectively cope with stress can not only help you feel better on a daily basis, but also protect your brain from the damaging effects of stress to preserve and maintain cognitive function throughout life. Here's how.

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Suzanne Perryman: The Big Parenting Mistake We All Make

2013-05-19T11:18:49Z

Adults are really good at understanding the thoughts of others. Children -- not so much. Rebecca Saxe tells us the part of the brain responsible for thinking about others' minds reaches maximum growth during adulthood.

Read more: Rebecca Saxe, Neuroscience, Empathy, Special Needs Parenting, Kindness, Parenting, Special Needs Children, Parenting Mistakes, Why We Judge Others, Special Needs, TED Weekends News

Derek Flood: The Complexity of Humans

2013-05-17T18:07:29Z

Can we help a person to actually change and become a healthy member of society, and if so how? Where rehabilitation is possible, this should be our goal, but understanding what is specifically wrong neurobiologically is key to successful rehabilitation.

Read more: Tedtalks, Neuroscience, Rebecca Saxe, Brain Function, Why We Judge Others, Ted, Premeditation, TED Weekends News

Cindy Wigglesworth: Good Human Beings and the Right Temporoparietal Junction

2013-05-18T10:43:21Z

What sets a truly noble person apart? What makes a Gandhi, Dalai Lama, or Mother Teresa different? There is a decision made by these people to hold themselves to a higher standard. They make a decision to live up to noble values -- to live from their highest nature. In what part of the brain does this ability reside?

Read more: Psychopaths, Rebecca Saxe, Neuroscience, Goodness, Empathy, Ethics, Nobility, Morality, Brain Science, Why We Judge Others, Temporoparietal Junction, TED Weekends News

Stanton Peele: The Search for Mental Illness and Addiction in the Brain, Part I: The Disappointment of the Human Genome Project

2013-05-17T13:04:02Z

The ideal image many people had of the genome as a straightforward template that stamps out human beings in a predictable way was, and is, a fantasy. And this is nowhere more evident than in the case of human personality traits and mental illness.

Read more: Mental Illness, Human Genome Project, Healthy Living Health News, Brain Mapping, Mental Health, Brain Research, Brain, Addiction and Recovery, Addiction, Obama Brain Mapping, Brain Science, Obama Brain Initiative, Human Genome, Healthy Living News

Phillip M. Miner: The Neurology Of Disgust

2013-05-17T08:00:00Z

Growing up believing you are an abomination is strange. But, if you are gay and grew up in Kansas (or many other parts of the world) -- like I did -- it's not all that uncommon.

Read more: Lgbt, Coming Out, Neuroscience, Psychology, TED Talks, Gays, Why We Judge Others, TED Weekends News

Bizarre Brain Technique Shown To Boost Math Skills

2013-05-17T08:36:13Z

By Emily Underwood

If you are one of the 20% of healthy adults who struggle with basic arithmetic, simple tasks like splitting the dinner bill can...

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Jonathan Appel: Brain To Brain: Turning Neuroscience Into Wisdom

2013-05-17T08:00:00Z

There is an order or organization in destructive human behavior which can be illuminated with research and clinical observation -- and can have many implications for intervention. Neuroscience is providing a major piece of the puzzle towards this understanding -- but only a piece.

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Rebecca Saxe: WATCH: Learning To Read Someone Else's Mind

2013-05-16T23:34:23Z

Cooperating in large groups is a signature accomplishment of the human brain: among similar species, we are remarkably good at working together and negotiating our differences.

Read more: Neuroscience, Reading Minds, TED Talks, Mind Reading, Brain Research, Brain Science, Ted Weekends Video, Why We Judge Others, Rebecca Saxe Ted Talk, Neuroscience Research, TED Weekends News

Kripalu : Why Mindfulness Is Just So Good For Your Brain

2013-05-16T23:16:00Z

Mindfulness, something once practiced only in more closeted meditation circles, has recently become a greater mainstream interest. Perhaps for this reason, research on mindfulness meditation has increased considerably over the last decade.

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Why Does Fear Cause Our Eyes To Widen?

2013-05-15T14:28:33Z

When we're scared, our eyes tend to widen. But why?

Scientists have long believed that the wide-eyed facial expression serves as a social signal, ...

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Freaky Skin Illusion Shown To Curb Racism

2013-05-15T12:13:10Z

By: Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer
Published: 05/14/2013 07:17 PM EDT on LiveScience

Here's a novel way to reduce racism: Convince ...

Read more: Video, Daily Discovery, Weird Science, Biology, Skin Color Illusion, Skin Color, Racism, Psychology, Brain Science, Science News

Bold Brain-Mapping Initiative Comes Into Focus

2013-05-15T09:18:44Z

By: Denise Chow, LiveScience Staff Writer
Published: 05/15/2013 08:08 AM EDT on LiveScience
An ambitious, federally funded research initiative aim...

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Dr. Judson Brewer: Why You're Sabotaging Yourself (And How To Stop)

2013-05-13T16:09:44Z

Our optimal psychology is one where we're fully engaged in life -- effortless, joyful, and as a result extremely productive. And as our neuroscience advances, we can build tools to help all of us move into this optimal state more and more.

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8 Ways To Boost Your Brain Power

2013-05-13T10:03:36Z

By Jena Pincott

Billions of neurons in your brain can reshape themselves in response to what you do and learn. Help them along with these eight s...

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BUSTED: Four Big Myths About Female Attractiveness

2013-05-13T08:55:38Z

"Beauty" is how we appreciate the world. It’s what attracts us to each other, and quite frankly, scientists suggest it's biologically advantageous. ...

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Allen Frances: NIMH vs DSM-5: No One Wins, Patients Lose

2013-05-10T11:46:03Z

The flat out rejection of DSM-5 by National Institute of Mental Health is a sad moment for mental health and an unsafe one for our patients. The APA and NIMH are both letting us down, failing to be safe custodians for the mental health needs of our country.

Read more: Nimh, Brain Research, Psychiatric Drugs, Allen Frances, Psychiatric Diagnosis, American Psychiatric Association, Thomas Insel, dsm5, Science News

Frances Moore Lappe: Break the Ban: Tell a Solutions Story Today!

2013-05-09T15:01:07Z

With news of Keystone and tar sands and coal-crazy China, it's easy to think that renewable energy is going nowhere, but we'd be so wrong. Between 2008 and 2012, the U.S. nearly doubled its renewables capacity.

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David Rock: Four Simple Ideas to Transform Our Airways

2013-05-09T12:04:56Z

Having all this unexpected time waiting at the airport, ironically while preparing for a talk on innovation, I decided to think about potential strategies to transform the too-often below-par experience of domestic travel in the US.

Read more: Creativity, Innovation, Neuroscience, Travel, Airlines, Travel News

Crazy Microchip Could Fix Memory Problems?

2013-05-08T05:45:02Z

A team of scientists at the University of Southern California believe they are two years away from creating a brain implant capable of generating memo...

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Margery Leveen Sher: The Truth Is: Nothin's Goin' On!

2013-05-07T12:09:31Z

Nobody invites me to cocktail parties anymore. The reason they don't is because all I do is gather people around me and then start shouting about Richard Nixon's veto of the 1971 Child Development Act that had some national standards for child care.

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