Brains, brains, and more brains!
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Linda MacDonald Glenn
Slate has an exciting week-long exploration on the latest developments and implications in neuroscience. William Saletan lists the five biggest neuroscience developments of the year, including: 1. The arrival of mind reading. (Scientists in Germany used pattern recognition software to predict decisions with accuracy rate of 71 percent of the time ...
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Fibromyalgia and the Brain
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Dr. Bruce F.
I have treated many many patients with fibromyalgia and it is quite a challenge. The symptoms range from mild occasional pain to diffuse inflammation. I have seen patients react to just about any kind of activity and treatment. Many are discouraged from being told by their health care practitioners that they are exaggerating their pain. Some were s ...
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Brain Factoid
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Dr. Brian M.
"The average adult brain weight of a human is 1300-1400 g; an adult gorilla's brain weighs only 500 g."- From Dan Brat's introductory chapter in Prayson's Neuropathology (2005). By the way, I heard from an inside source that Prayson has agreed with the publisher (Elsevier) to come out with a second edition of this book.
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Brain Food
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Dr. Brian M.
A reader from Springfield, IL recently sent me this picture of a market that once stood on Chouteau Avenue in St. Louis. "Brains & Eggs" was once a popular dish, particularly in the southeastern United States.
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Aging and the brain
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Peter C.
Aging Aging is a natural process as we grow older once we are past a certain age. It is a kind of accepted resignation that one's reaction time may slow with age, memories of recent events may not be as sharp (while surprisingly memories of thing long past may stay vivid in the mind), they may be physical degeneration and medical problems like high ...
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Brain Spam
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christine w.
What spam is in your brain? At a recent conference on Cognitive Therapy the presenter said that on average people have 60,000 unwanted thoughts per day. That's a heck of a lot of brain spam, folks. Brain spam can hijack your life by distracting you from your core self and core beliefs. Brain spam also drains us of vital positive life e ...
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brain 101
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Karen ..
this is sort of a user's manual for your brain, written by a self-proclaimed 'grumpy' scientist who is scrupulous about his research and sources. I think you'll find it illuminating, and I bet you'll learn something new about how your child's brain functions. ( and yours, too!) http://www.brainrules.net/For more information about Karen's parentin ...
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Altruism and the Brain
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Linda MacDonald Glenn
"Are you a giver? Brain scan tells the truth." Or so the headline of a recent MSNBC.com article on altruism and the brain declares. With the recent hype around gender differences and the brain, and the fact that many fMRI studies include men only, I thought it was prudent to find out if women were part of this 45 person study, and if so, did the r ...
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Brain Fade
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Marc V.
Happy Friday everyone! There are some really interesting posts on Art Devany's site in regards to "Brain Fade". What are your thoughts and feelings on it? Breakfast; Mashed sweet potato, splash or organic half and half, organic butter, 1 tsp of hot pepper relish and some scallions. Three free range omega 3 eggs, fried in butter with l ...
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Chemo Brain
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Laurie P.
Its hard to take finals when you have chemo brain. Its difficult to start a new job when you have chemo brain. Here's Mayo Clinic's description of one's own personal preview of dementia. For God's sake I have twenty years of experience, of learning, of conquering each task put before me. But with a fresh onslaught of chemo brain you can't trust th ...
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