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How much will you change in the next ten years?
People entertain many illusions and misconceptions about themselves. Some think they are more or less desirable than they really are. Most people also think they are more intelligent than the average –...
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High school, numbers and the brain.
Of all things the human brain learns, few fascinate me more than numbers. It starts with kids counting, one by one, elements that they care about. How many gifts are there under the tree, how many...
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Room for Wonder
Our ability to access information is becoming nearly unlimited. But what does the loss of that gap in time between wondering and knowing mean to your brain? Does everything need a reason? Some things...
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On Boylston Street
The last time I was on Boylston Street it was to give a lecture in November at a scientific meeting in the Weston Hotel. Today, Sunday, I’m looking out onto an empty street, barricaded. An eerie...
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This week we are trying something new. Can we make a video conference about brain research and will people be interested in it? Tell us what you think and how we could improve it! You can view our...
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A newborn infant can take steps. Why can’t she walk?
Newborn infants can do lots of things. They can breathe, swallow, see, hear, startle, grasp, withdraw from noxious stimuli, taste, smell, cry and more. An experienced physician can elicit a broad range...
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Music and Memory
We’ve all experienced this: hearing a song triggers a memory. For me, for example, the song “Peggy Sue” (Buddy Holly and the Crickets, 1957) triggers a memory of a car ride in the 1950s, driving...
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Of biscotti and memories
Ever had the experience of smelling something and then being automatically transported back in time? It’s as though your olfactory sense is the “on” switch to your memories. Marcel Proust. Uploaded...
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Discussion Tuesday, Sept. 17th on how babies learn sounds first encountered...
This discussion should be very interesting, don’t miss it! The hangout will be at Noon-12:30 pm (Pacific Time) on Tuesday September 17. Spotlight Live: Language Development & Babies September 17...
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To Kill a Crying Baby
Squeezing her hand over the toddler’s nose and mouth she smothered him to death because he would not stop crying. Last Monday 22-year-old Jessica Fraraccio pleaded guilty in court to felony murder of...
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Why Girls Are More Vulnerable to Maltreatment
Women suffer depression and anxiety disorders at higher rates than men; a new study finds an interesting new explanation for this. Unwholesome family life can alter development of threat-detection...
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NEURO.tv Episode 6 – The Evolution of the Primate Cortex.
NEURO.tv starts the season with an amazing discussion with Katherine L. Bryant about the visual cortex in primates and the anatomical differences found between the brains of different primates....
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Why Girls Like Guys Who Kayak
She’s checking out your on-line profile. “I am a scientist who enjoys bird watching and canoeing.” “Interesting!” she thinks. Then she scrolls to the...
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Brain Freeze
I can’t resist them. Especially on the hot, humid days that are commonplace here in South Florida. The first sips are heaven and the rest are like hell gone wild in my brain as I sweat from the heat...
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Big Brain Stories of 2014
As we turn the page on 2014, here’s a list of some of the year’s highlights in neuroscience – along with a heavy dose of speculation about what they might mean for the future of the brain. It seems,...
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Poisoned Synapses not Crocodile Bile the Likely Killer of Mozambique Beer...
On January 11, 2015 news swept the globe reporting that scores of people died and 200 were sickened by drinking beer poisoned with crocodile bile in Mozambique. Thinking is now shifting to the...
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What Color is Distress?
Social media has been on fire with a debate – not over ISIS, healthcare or global warming – but over the perceived color of a dress. The dress provides a unique opportunity to consider two big...
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Watching TV Alters Children’s Brain Structure and Lowers IQ
TV viewing lowers verbal IQ and alters brain structurePhoto credit www.premierchristianradio.com From the black-and-white days of I Love Lucy to the blue-ray lasers of today’s Game of Thrones in...
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What’s in Your Nightmares? The Top 5 Recurring Dreams of Adults and Kids
We spend a third of our life in a completely altered state of consciousness, indeed madness. Dreaming is a descent into what would otherwise be a severe form of psychosis, and often these...
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Zika: Ten things to know about a new public health emergency
The Zika virus is a global health threat. Despite renewed urgency because of the evidence suggesting that Zika causes birth defects, science has known of the virus for some time. It’s a deadly and...
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