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“Brain Training” Is Supported by Neuroscience10h ago ( February 19, 2019 at 4:40 PM ) Online computer games promise to improve “memory, problem solving, concentration, speed of thinking, language, and visual-spatial recognition.” They further promise that they “work your social skills, social awareness, self-awareness, and self-control” while you’re having fun. These are tempting offers, and this is a very lucrative and growing business in the United States as people age and many older adults seek out ways to maintain cognitive functioning.
“Brain training” grew from $600 milli...Tags: Psychology, Stanford, Neuroscience, United States, Problem Solving, Federal Trade Commission, Brain Training, Brain And Behavior, Concentration, University Of North Carolina, Wright, Posner, Greensboro, Ferrero, Michael Kane, Association for Psychological Sciences 10 people like this. Like Gene therapy could treat rare brain disorder in unborn babiesFebruary 18, 2019 at 5:00 PM Doctors could use Crispr tool to inject benign virus into foetus’s brain to ‘switch on’ key genesScientists are developing a radical form of gene therapy that could cure a devastating medical disorder by mending mutations in the brains of foetuses in the womb.The treatment, which has never been attempted before, would involve doctors injecting the feotus’s brain with a harmless virus that infects the neurons and delivers a suite of molecules that correct the genetic faults. Continue reading...Tags: Health, Science, Biology, Neuroscience, Society, World news, Genetics, Ethics, Gene Editing 17 people like this. Like Scientists are creating music to unlock your brain’s potentialFebruary 17, 2019 at 6:00 AM  Tags: Health, Productivity, Technology, Startup, Neuroscience, Brain, Medical Research, Innovation, Mind, National Science Foundation, Clark, Dan Clark 107 people like this. Like The Brain Continues to Develop in Young People with SchizophreniaFebruary 16, 2019 at 4:40 PM Schizophrenia continues to be one of the lesser understood disorders of brain development. It is generally believed to involve both genetic and environmental influence and shares many risk factors with other brain disorders such as autism and intellectual disability. However, determining the exact path schizophrenia follows is difficult, to say the least.
In an August 2018 study , researchers gathered enough data to describe brain development patterns associated with schizophrenia. Specifi...Tags: Psychology, Neuroscience, Research, Schizophrenia, Psychosis, Young People, Foundation Scientific Council, Sinead Kelly 44 people like this. Like China’s mind-controlled cyborg rats are proof we live in a cyberpunk dystopiaFebruary 15, 2019 at 4:35 PM Neuroscience researchers from Zhejiang University, China, have created a method that allows humans to control the movements of rats using a technology called a brain-brain interface.
The post China’s mind-controlled cyborg rats are proof we live in a cyberpunk dystopia appeared first on Digital Trends.Tags: News, China, Trends, Neuroscience, Rats, Brain-computer Interface, Control, Emerging Tech, Brain-brain Interface, Zhejiang University China 20 people like this. Like New drug raises hopes of reversing memory loss in old ageFebruary 14, 2019 at 10:00 AM Toronto researchers believe the drug can also help those with depression, schizophrenia and Alzheimer’s An experimental drug that bolsters ailing brain cells has raised hopes of a treatment for memory loss, poor decision making and other mental impairments that often strike in old age.The drug could be taken as a daily pill by over-55s if clinical trials, which are expected to start within two years, show that the medicine is safe and effective at preventing memory lapses. Continue reading...Tags: Health, Science, Drugs, Memory, Americas, Toronto, Neuroscience, Society, World news, Mental Health, Depression, Schizophrenia, Medical Research, Canada, Alzheimer's, Ageing 1 people like this. Like “Odyssey of the Ear”: A Beautiful Animation Shows How Sounds Travel Into Our Ears and Become Thoughts in Our BrainFebruary 13, 2019 at 7:00 AM As all schoolchildren know, we hear with our ears. And as all schoolchildren also probably know, we hear with our brains — or if they don't know it, at least they must suspect it, given the way sounds around us seem to turn without effort into thoughts in our heads. But how? It's the interface between ear and brain where things get more complicated, but "Odyssey of the Ear," the six-minute video above, makes it much clearer just how sound gets through our ears and into our brains. Suitable ...Tags: Google, Facebook, College, Neuroscience, Harvard, K-12, David Bowie, Seoul, Odyssey, Facebook Twitter, Colin Marshall, Lotte Reiniger, Evelyn Glennie, 21st Century Los Angeles, Vincent Van Gogh Action Figure Complete 26 people like this. Like Microdoses of LSD change how you perceive timeFebruary 12, 2019 at 2:52 PM  Tags: Psychology, Science, Drugs, Time, Memory, Neuroscience, Brain, Medical Research, Innovation, Mind, Cognitive Science, Devin Terhune, Manoj Doss 119 people like this. Like The Man who Mapped LSDFebruary 12, 2019 at 5:30 AM  Tags: Books, London, Featured, US, Neuroscience, Amsterdam, United Nations, Royal Society, Medical History, Health & Medicine, Lsd, Albert, Hofmann, History of Medicine, Science & Medicine, Physics & Chemistry 149 people like this. Like Brain-zapping implants that change mood and lift depressionFebruary 11, 2019 at 12:34 PM Teams of researchers are developing sesame seed-size neuro-implants that detect brain activity that signals depression and then deliver targeted electrical zaps to elevate your mood. It's very early days in the science and technology but recent studies suggest that we're on the path. Links to scientific papers below. Fortunately, the goal is to develop tools and a methodology more precise than the horrifically blunt "shock therapy" of last century. From Science News:
DARPA, a Department of...Tags: Post, Science, News, Minneapolis, Neuroscience, Department Of Defense, Mental Health, Depression, Darpa, Brains, Ucla, Massachusetts General Hospital, UCSF, University of Minnesota, Justin Sanchez, Widge 7 people like this. Like Women’s Brains Have This Major Advantage (M)February 11, 2019 at 11:30 AM Brain scans examined how men and women's brains were processing oxygen and sugar.
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Activate: How To Find Joy Again By Changing What You DoTags: Psychology, Neuroscience, Jeremy Dean, Subscribers-only 18 people like this. Like Habits come from what we do, not what we want to doJanuary 30, 2019 at 3:50 PM  Tags: Psychology, Motivation, Neuroscience, Computers, Brain, Testing, Innovation, Mind, Gretchen Rubin, Charles Duhigg, Ludvig, Cognitive Science, Elliot Ludvig, University of Warwick s Department of Psychology, Warwick News Events Much, Amitai Shenhav 86 people like this. Like Neuroscientists Translate Brain Waves Into Recognizable SpeechJanuary 29, 2019 at 11:00 AM  Tags: Science, Neuroscience, Assistive Devices, Brain Computer Interfaces, Neuroprosthetics, Speech Synthesizers 80 people like this. Like Germ Communities in Our Gut Talk to Our BrainJanuary 29, 2019 at 11:20 AM There are trillions of microbes inside the human body, and University College Cork professor Dr John Cryan’s studies indicate that these germ communities appear to influence both the brain and its behaviors. Since that groundbreaking and contested 2014 announcement, much more research has continued to support the idea that the human microbiome impacts depression, dementia, autism, schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s and even Parkinson’s disease. All of this …Tags: Health, Science, Design, Medicine, Neuroscience, Tech, Microbiology, Brains, Germs, Linkaboutit, John Cryan, University College Cork 4 people like this. Like The Trap of CompetitionJanuary 28, 2019 at 9:36 AM Tags: Books, Leadership, Happiness, Neuroscience, Ucla, Robin Dunbar, Matthew Lieberman, Lieberman, Dunbar, UC Riverside, Edbatista, Self-Coaching, Sonja Lyubomirsky, Koga, Lyubomirsky, Alfred Adler 134 people like this. Like Bounty Hunters, Monkey Clones, and the Green New Deal: Best Gizmodo Stories of the WeekJanuary 27, 2019 at 9:10 PM  Tags: Amazon, Credit Cards, Facebook, Space, Music, Science, Technology, Fcc, Privacy, Republicans, Climate Change, Big Data, China, Memory, Marvel, Brands 56 people like this. Like How a Periodic Table of Brains Could Revolutionize NeuroscienceJanuary 24, 2019 at 9:15 AM  Tags: Science, Neuroscience, Brains 108 people like this. Like 10 books to check out from Jordan Peterson's 'Great Books' listJanuary 23, 2019 at 9:03 AM  Tags: Psychology, Amazon, Books, England, Russia, Religion, America, Neuroscience, Paypal, World, George Orwell, Paris, Innovation, Burma, Consciousness, Literature 131 people like this. Like 10 incredible books from Jordan Peterson's 'Great Books' listJanuary 23, 2019 at 9:03 AM Tags: Psychology, Amazon, Books, England, Russia, Religion, America, Neuroscience, Paypal, World, George Orwell, Paris, Innovation, Burma, Consciousness, Literature 117 people like this. Like Why Do We Forget?January 21, 2019 at 9:00 AM  Tags: Psychology, Science, Memory, Neuroscience, Brain 64 people like this. Like Brain study finds circuits that may help you keep your coolJanuary 20, 2019 at 12:07 PM  Tags: Neuroscience, Mit, Brain, Innovation, Fear, Emotions, National Institutes of Health, PAUL, Sur, Cognitive Science, Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, Lilah E Newton, Vincent Breton Provencher, Breton Provencher, JPB Foundation 79 people like this. Like Attention is not a resource but a way of being alive to the worldJanuary 20, 2019 at 11:37 AM  Tags: Japan, Life, Happiness, Neuroscience, Mindfulness, Mental Health, Brain, Work-life balance, Innovation, Attention, Philosophy, Tokyo, Mind, Wilson, William James, Shibuya 146 people like this. Like Why 'upgrading' humanity is a transhumanist mythJanuary 18, 2019 at 6:11 PM  Tags: Technology, Identity, Future, Neuroscience, Computers, Brain, Innovation, Consciousness, Evolution, Ai, Mind, Humanity, Cyborg 59 people like this. Like |
