Archive for May, 2009

Of body and mind, and deep meditation

Wednesday, May 20th, 2009
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Identification of a key molecular pathway required for brain neural circuit formation

Monday, May 18th, 2009
pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7vBBDBeF8uXWO5ggLtFanKOEtMY/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7vBBDBeF8uXWO5ggLtFanKOEtMY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7vBBDBeF8uXWO5ggLtFanKOEtMY/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7vBBDBeF8uXWO5ggLtFanKOEtMY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pThe research group of Dr. Frederic Charron, a researcher at the Institut de recherches cliniques de Montreal, has made a discovery which could help treat spinal cord injuries and neurodegenerative diseases. This new finding has been published in the current issue of the prestigious scientific journal Neuron.img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/BrainMysteries/~4/N2_5NWPs88c" height="1" width="1"/

Can you see the emotions I hear? Study says yes

Monday, May 18th, 2009
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How learning shapes successful decision making in the human brain

Sunday, May 17th, 2009
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Brain chemical reduces anxiety, increases survival of new cells

Saturday, May 16th, 2009
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How to build a bigger brain

Friday, May 15th, 2009
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Can happiness be inherited?

Friday, May 15th, 2009
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Too much information: Process thinking can lead to difficult choices

Thursday, May 14th, 2009
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Body movements can influence problem solving, researchers report

Wednesday, May 13th, 2009
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Brain’s problem-solving function at work when we daydream

Tuesday, May 12th, 2009
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