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Blog - Research Reveals Ritalin's Brain Boosting Benefits
The ADHD drug improves attention by enhancing neural plasticity. New research in animals sheds light on how Ritalin, the stimulant drug prescribed to millions of children each year in the United ...
23 hours ago from MIT Technology Review
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The nanoscience/neuroscience intersection: A dialogue
In a far-reaching dialogue, three researchers -- Nicholas Spitzer, Kwabena Boahen and Hongkun Park -- discuss the synergy between nanoscience and neuroscience, what it means for the future, ...
Thu 4 Mar 10 from Eurekalert
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Mind-reading computers turn heads at high-tech fair
Devices allowing people to write letters or play pinball using just the power of their brains have become a major draw at the world's biggest high-tech fair.
Thu 4 Mar 10 from The Independent
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Transcendental Meditation activates default mode network, the brain's natural ground state
A new EEG study conducted on college students at American University found they could more highly activate the default mode network, a suggested natural "ground state" of the brain, during their ...
Thu 4 Mar 10 from PhysOrg
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New device may enable limbs to be controlled by thought alone
(PhysOrg.com) -- A portable, plugless, brain-to-computer interface using electroencephalography (EEG) electrodes strapped to the scalp has been developed by a team in the US. The device may ...
Thu 4 Mar 10 from PhysOrg
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Learning keeps brain healthy: study
UC Irvine neurobiologists are providing the first visual evidence that learning promotes brain health - and, therefore, that mental stimulation could limit the debilitating effects of aging ...
Tue 2 Mar 10 from PhysOrg
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Neuroscientist steers research into neurological disorders
Scientists at the Queensland Brain Institute have uncovered a vital clue into how the brain is wired, which could eventually steer research into nervous system disorders such as Parkinson's ...
Tue 2 Mar 10 from PhysOrg
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How the demons of dementia possess and damage brain cells
A study from EPFL's (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) Laboratory of Neuroenergetics and Cellular Dynamics in Lausanne Switzerland, published today in the Journal of Neuroscience, ...
Wed 3 Mar 10 from PhysOrg
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New technique offers a more detailed view of brain activity
(PhysOrg.com) -- For neuroscientists, one of the best ways to study brain activity is with a scanning technique called functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), which reveals blood flow ...
Mon 1 Mar 10 from PhysOrg
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New findings suggest new ways to diagnose and treat Alzheimer's
A team of researchers at UMass Lowell has found a new mechanism by which a key protein associated with Alzheimer's disease can spread within the human brain.
Mon 1 Mar 10 from PhysOrg
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