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Brain exercises delay mental decline
New research suggests exercising your brain can keep you sharper for longer into old age, but when the symptoms of dementia finally settle in, the decline happens faster.
9 hours ago from ABC Science
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Brainy worms: Evolution of the cerebral cortex
Our cerebral cortex, or pallium, is a big part of what makes us human: art, literature and science would not exist had this most fascinating part of our brain not emerged in some less intelligent ...
24 hours ago from PhysOrg
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Multiple sclerosis activity changes with the seasons
New research shows that multiple sclerosis (MS) activity can increase during spring and summer months. The research is published in the August 31, 2010, issue of Neurology, the medical journal ...
Mon 30 Aug 10 from PhysOrg
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Neuronal diversity makes a difference, study says
Much like snowflakes, no two neurons are exactly alike. But it's not the size or shape that sets one neuron apart from another, it's the way it responds to incoming stimuli. Carnegie Mellon ...
Sun 29 Aug 10 from PhysOrg
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Attention, couch potatoes! Walking boosts brain connectivity, function
A group of "professional couch potatoes," as one researcher described them, has proven that even moderate exercise - in this case walking at one's own pace for 40 minutes three times a week ...
Thu 26 Aug 10 from PhysOrg
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Scientists uncover new mechanism of memory formation
Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have discovered a mechanism that plays a critical role in the formation of long-term memory. The findings shed substantial ...
Wed 25 Aug 10 from PhysOrg
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Thought-controlled computers on the way: Intel
(PhysOrg.com) -- Computers controlled by the mind are going a step further with Intel's development of mind-controlled computers. Existing computers operated by brain power require the user ...
Wed 25 Aug 10 from PhysOrg
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Can We Really Reverse-Engineer the Brain by 2030?
Engineer, inventor, and Singularity true-believer Ray Kurzweil thinks we ...
Tue 24 Aug 10 from Discover Magazine
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Brain connections break down as we age
It's unavoidable: breakdowns in brain connections slow down our physical response times as we age, a new study suggests.
Wed 18 Aug 10 from PhysOrg
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Brain network links cognition, motivation
Whether it's sports, poker or the high-stakes world of business, there are those who always find a way to win when there's money on the table.
Thu 19 Aug 10 from PhysOrg
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