Neuroscience

How Habits Can Make Or Break Us

Russell Poldrack | Posted 11.23.2009 | Living


Russell Poldrack

The persistence of habits can be a blessing or a curse. By knowing more about where habits come from and how they develop, we can learn to manage their impact in our daily lives.

Scientific Link To Autism Identified

medicalnewstoday.com | Posted 11.23.2009 | Living


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

Brain Scans Reveals Invisible Damage Of PTSD

AP | LAURAN NEERGAARD | Posted 11.13.2009 | Living


WASHINGTON — Powerful scans are letting doctors watch just how the brain changes in veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder and concussion-...

Humans Still Evolving As Brain Shrinks

LiveScience | Posted 11.13.2009 | Living


Evolution in humans is commonly thought to have essentially stopped in recent times. But there are plenty of examples that the human race is still evo...

Dreams: Exercise For The Brain, New Study Suggests

psychology.about.com | Posted 11.11.2009 | Living


According to a new study by sleep and dream expert J. Allan Hobson, dreams might just be the brain's way of preparing for all of experiences it will e...

Oceanophilia: The Neuroscience of Emotion and the Ocean

Wallace J Nichols | Posted 11.09.2009 | Impact


Wallace J Nichols

Let's mine neuroscience to develop a set of powerful conservation tools that educators, advocates, policymakers and scientists can use to better and more deeply engage, inspire and lead people in the restoration and protection of our beloved ocean.

Life After Death: The View From The Edge

Dinesh D'Souza | Posted 11.05.2009 | Living


Dinesh D'Souza

The best empirical evidence for life after death comes from people who have had "near death experiences." These are people who have gone to the edge and come back with a report.

The Upside Of Depression

newsweek.com | Sharon Begley | Posted 11.03.2009 | Living


Critiques of happiness and the happiness industry came mostly from psychologists, philosophers, and sociologists who are concerned about the effect of...

The Evolution of Technology

Dr. Jim Taylor | Posted 10.30.2009 | Technology


Dr. Jim Taylor

Have you ever thought about how far we've come in our ability to connect with others and how far we'll go? I've been thinking a lot about connectivity recently and have always found that looking back to where we came from can help us better understand where we are today and, more importantly, where we may be going in the future.

The Emperor's New FMRI

Barry Schwartz | Posted 10.28.2009 | Living


Barry Schwartz

The lay attitude, "naïve reductionism," assumes that the causes of behavior lie in states of the brain, not in states of psychology. This is a profound mistake.

Multitasking: The Brain Seeks Novelty

Russell Poldrack | Posted 10.28.2009 | Living


Russell Poldrack

The brain is built to ignore the old and focus on the new. Novelty is probably one of the most powerful signals to determine what we pay attention to in the world.

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

Posted 10.26.2009 | Technology


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...

There Is a Beauty Within You #9: Mom Became Like the Sweetness of the Chocolates

Bob Lingvall | Posted 10.22.2009 | Living


Bob Lingvall

Mom became like the sweetness of the chocolates she would eat. The dementia her sculptor, releasing the angel within, chiseling away memories, opinions, and beliefs until only her gentle presence remained.

Mayim Bialik's Latest Role: Green Mom

Avital Binshtock | Posted 10.20.2009 | Green


Avital Binshtock

We know her as Blossom, that spunky adolescent on that eponymous sitcom. But since the series ended in 1995, Mayim Bialik, now 33, has truly blossomed.

'Telepathy' 2.0: Send Messages 'Brain-To-Brain', Scientists Claim

Times Online | Posted 10.17.2009 | Technology


Ever wanted to read minds? Ever wanted to communicate your thoughts without speaking a word? It may become possible after claims by British scientist...

The Scientists' Bark

G.A. Bradshaw | Posted 10.15.2009 | Green


G.A. Bradshaw

The author of Elephants on the Edge: What Animals Teach Us About Humanity examines new findings from primatology and neurobiology.

Flickr's Caterina Fake: 'Hard Work' Can Be Detrimental

Fast Company | Cliff Kuang | Posted 10.10.2009 | Business


Caterina Fake, who, with her husband Stewart Butterfield, founded Flickr, knows a thing or two about bliztkreig work schedules. But she points out tha...

Brain Waves Surge Moments Before Death

dsc.discovery.com | Posted 10.07.2009 | Living


A study of seven terminally ill patients found identical surges in brain activity moments before death, providing what may be physiological evidence o...

There Is a Beauty Within You #8: Where Neuroscience and Mystical Intuition Converge

Bob Lingvall | Posted 12.02.2009 | Living


Bob Lingvall

You are not the idea or image in your head others can try to distort with their criticisms and complaints. You are a point of silent awareness whose nature appears as peace, bliss, and compassion.

Bupe: Drug Researcher Carrie John Dies Of Apparent Overdose, Boyfriend Faces Drug Charges

AP | BEN NUCKOLS | Posted 11.29.2009 | Home


BALTIMORE — A neuroscientist who studied the effects of drugs on the brain is dead of an apparent overdose and her live-in boyfriend, who did si...

Southpaws: The Hops in Humanity's Beer?

Athena Andreadis, Ph.D. | Posted 11.27.2009 | Living


Athena Andreadis, Ph.D.

Lists of left-handers in history show that they are disproportionately represented among mathematicians, scientists, artists and, for better or for worse, among charismatic leaders - from Alexander the Great to Jeanne d'Arc.

Brain Scans 'Provide Clue To Leadership Skills'

cnn.com | Mark Tutton for CNN | Posted 11.11.2009 | Living


A U.S. professor claims he has identified the parts of the brain that help to make someone a good leader. ...

Understanding Conversation and the Ubiquitous Human Potpourri of Conflicted Opinions

Dr. Leo Rangell | Posted 09.11.2009 | Living


Dr. Leo Rangell

People do not speak to each other but past each other, do not absorb and process what others say but pick and choose that which serves their own inner purposes. It is a 24/7 phenomenon with profound ramifications.

Preparing Society for the Cognitive Age

Alvaro Fernandez | Posted 09.08.2009 | Living


Alvaro Fernandez

Groundbreaking cognitive neuroscience research has occurred over the last 20 years -- without parallel growth of consumer awareness and appropriate professional dissemination.

Courage Contagion: Social Influence in Protests

Jamil Zaki | Posted 07.30.2009 | World


Jamil Zaki

The last few weeks in Iran have reminded us of many things we'd rather not remember about governments, and of at least one thing that we should remember about people: they can stand up for their beliefs even when doing so poses great risk.