Archive for June, 2009

A voice only a mom could love: New insight into maternal auditory cortex plasticity

Friday, June 12th, 2009
pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/lgj5uQV7zFF7RK70efzQX0VyTH8/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/lgj5uQV7zFF7RK70efzQX0VyTH8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/lgj5uQV7zFF7RK70efzQX0VyTH8/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/lgj5uQV7zFF7RK70efzQX0VyTH8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pA recent study reveals changes specific to the mother mouse brain that may improve the detection of isolation calls from a mouse baby. The research, published by Cell Press in the June 11 issue of the journal Neuron, provides fascinating new insight into how call-evoked neural inhibition plays a key role in the brain's representation of this important communication vocalization.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BrainMysteries/~4/9dAZfckA3U0" height="1" width="1"/

Study: Depending on the problem, media may be an escape or a way to cope

Thursday, June 11th, 2009
pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WbkIGCrSC1ST3J5TgUTBZnqJzsE/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WbkIGCrSC1ST3J5TgUTBZnqJzsE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WbkIGCrSC1ST3J5TgUTBZnqJzsE/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WbkIGCrSC1ST3J5TgUTBZnqJzsE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pThe last thing most people in a bad love affair want to do is to read informational articles about romance. But people facing financial difficulties often choose to read articles which may help them cope with their money problems. Those are some of the findings of a new study that aimed to discover whether people use the news media to escape from their problems or find information on how to cope with them.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BrainMysteries/~4/s71ZSKQmXk4" height="1" width="1"/

Overwhelming Anxiety

Monday, June 8th, 2009
PSometimes, those of us who suffer from anxiety disorder, feel overwhelmed with an acute attack of anxiety.nbsp;nbsp; This recently happened to a contestant on Brittan's got Talent.nbsp;nbsp; The contestant was Susan Boyle who became instantly famous when she was featured in anbsp;video on A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gp3CW6CcPrQ" target=_blankYouTube singing "I Dreamed a Dream". /Anbsp;nbsp; The video shows what a wonderful voice Susan has and she was favored to win the contest but came in second place.....unbelievable to many.nbsp; BRBRAfter Susan's final performance she had an emotional breakdown and was taken to a clinic to recover from the stress and anxiety.nbsp; I was happy to read that she has been released and is doing much better.nbsp;nbsp; Some of us are a bit more fragile and need to take special care not to take on more than we can handle lest we are totally overwhelmed with anxiety.nbsp;nbsp; Susan had family members she could rely on when she needed them most.nbsp;nbsp; I feel fortunate to also have family members I can rely on if I find myself feeling overwhelmed.nbsp;nbsp; BRBRWe all need a support system during difficult times.nbsp;nbsp; Support can come fromnbsp;family, friends, professionals or all three.nbsp; I hope that with her support system, Susan Boyle will be strong enough to pursue a singing career someday soon.nbsp;nbsp; /P

Embracing your primitive nature can help in fight against depression

Sunday, June 7th, 2009
pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_OE542XXwYlj81W31jyM4jvDAiY/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_OE542XXwYlj81W31jyM4jvDAiY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_OE542XXwYlj81W31jyM4jvDAiY/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_OE542XXwYlj81W31jyM4jvDAiY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pStephen Ilardi of the University of Kansas thinks depression primarily stems from modern living: social isolation, fast-food diets, physical inactivity, sleep deprivation and less exposure to the outdoors.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BrainMysteries/~4/ggtDQy8VNyA" height="1" width="1"/

Single women gaze longer

Saturday, June 6th, 2009
pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WKO5D-7cpzrgJAs73Z2lGzvXjqc/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WKO5D-7cpzrgJAs73Z2lGzvXjqc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WKO5D-7cpzrgJAs73Z2lGzvXjqc/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WKO5D-7cpzrgJAs73Z2lGzvXjqc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pNeuroscientists found woman's partner status relevant for her interest in the opposite seximg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BrainMysteries/~4/00FvBt_fTv4" height="1" width="1"/

People who wear rose-colored glasses see more, University of Toronto study shows

Friday, June 5th, 2009
pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Oyx_3zgp5nSpjw_fiXyV3IsM4yg/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Oyx_3zgp5nSpjw_fiXyV3IsM4yg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Oyx_3zgp5nSpjw_fiXyV3IsM4yg/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Oyx_3zgp5nSpjw_fiXyV3IsM4yg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pA University of Toronto study provides the first direct evidence that our mood literally changes the way our visual system filters our perceptual experience suggesting that seeing the world through rose-colored glasses is more biological reality than metaphor.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BrainMysteries/~4/8D8bC0robN0" height="1" width="1"/

Discoveries shed new light on how the brain processes what the eye sees

Thursday, June 4th, 2009
pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/PzeKOOePkMzNwKQuvsulCdlP_EE/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/PzeKOOePkMzNwKQuvsulCdlP_EE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/PzeKOOePkMzNwKQuvsulCdlP_EE/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/PzeKOOePkMzNwKQuvsulCdlP_EE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pResearchers at the Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience at Rutgers University in Newark have identified the need to develop a new framework for understanding "perceptual stability" and how we see the world with their discovery that visual input obtained during eye movements is being processed by the brain but blocked from awareness.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/BrainMysteries/~4/SQrTXYorwyM" height="1" width="1"/

Protein linked to mental retardation controls synapse maturation, plasticity

Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009
pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/DmXBVQRh2AIKWx2JfgJqLBtqvFk/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/DmXBVQRh2AIKWx2JfgJqLBtqvFk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/DmXBVQRh2AIKWx2JfgJqLBtqvFk/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/DmXBVQRh2AIKWx2JfgJqLBtqvFk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pOligophrenin-1, a Rho-GTPase-activating protein, stabilizes postsynaptic AMPA receptorsimg src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/BrainMysteries/~4/iGDzoK3O8nk" height="1" width="1"/

First live ‘cloning’ of faces challenges assumptions about human behavior

Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009
pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/NXjYCkZP9fBEZC0_HxOqcvUpXJk/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/NXjYCkZP9fBEZC0_HxOqcvUpXJk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/NXjYCkZP9fBEZC0_HxOqcvUpXJk/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/NXjYCkZP9fBEZC0_HxOqcvUpXJk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pComputer scientists at the University of East Anglia have developed a new way of cloning facial expressions during live conversations to help us better understand what influences our behavior when we communicate with others.img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/BrainMysteries/~4/QJvbScFfeLU" height="1" width="1"/

Scientists reveal how neuronal activity is timed in brain’s memory-making circuits

Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009
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