Brains

Why Do Writers Write?

Mark Coker | Posted 11.19.2009 | Books

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Writers are artists, and artists are compelled to express themselves, even if only to an audience of one.

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Cell Phone Use Linked To Brain Changes, Scientists Say

LiveScience | Posted 11.13.2009 | Technology

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The Swedish Research Council announced yesterday that researchers at Sweden's Orebro University can point to a specific biological effect that cell ph...

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Surfing The Web Builds A Better Brain, Research Finds

sciencedaily.com | Posted 10.21.2009 | Technology

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You can teach an old dog new tricks, say UCLA scientists who found that middle-aged and older adults with little Internet experience were able to trig...

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Attention Deficit Déjà Vu

Mike Doyle | Posted 10.14.2009 | Chicago

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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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Guns, Germs, and Squeals

Joseph LeDoux | Posted 06.12.2009 | Living

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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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Obama and the Science of Altruism

Jamil Zaki | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

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Why would we have evolved to feel each other's pain? Two aspects of empathy can help explain this, and the reason that evolution may have selected for strong empathizers in the first place.

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Black and White in America IV: IQ Myths and Realities

Dan Agin | Posted 02.25.2009 | Living

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