Tag: brain activity
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Understanding Dyscalculia and How the Brain Processes Numbers
Dyscalculia is a learning disability, which is sometimes called number blindness, and similar to dyslexia, but for numbers. Researchers estimate that as much as 7% of the population has dyscalculia, which can be marked by severe difficulties in dealing with numbers despite otherwise normal intelligence. Read more @ SciTechDaily
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Brainwave-Controlled Helicopter Project Funded By Kickstarter
A brainwave-controlled helicopter project was fully funded by Kickstarter, and is hoping to come into homes very soon. The project was initially posted as a DIY hack on Instructables two years ago, and it’s supposed to be an educational toy. Read more @ SciTechDaily
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Area of Monkey Brain Keeps Tally of Altruistic Acts
Steve Chang and his colleagues from Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, have discovered that monkeys have a specific area in their brains to keep track of altruistic acts. This might help researchers understand the mechanisms underlying normal social behavior in primates and humans, and could even provide insight about autism spectrum disorder. Read more…
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Test for Alzheimer’s May Be Undermining Drug Trials
Flaws in a test used in clinical trials to assess patients could be undermining the search for a drug to treat Alzheimer’s. Read more @ SciTechDaily
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Why Older People Are More Susceptible to Fraud
Researchers have discovered one of the reasons why it may seem like older people fall victim to financial fraud. Scientists have found out that the human ability to judge trustworthiness of people’s faces diminishes with age. Read more @ SciTechDaily
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Smoking Rots the Brain & Lowers Cognitive Performance
A new study from researchers at King’s College in London indicates that smoking rots the brain by damaging memory, learning, and reasoning. Read more @ SciTechDaily
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Brain’s Reading Centers Are Culturally Universal No Matter What Language
The brain scans of French and Mandarin native speakers have shown that people use the same areas in the brain for reading, no matter what language they are reading. Read more @ SciTechDaily
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Canadian Man in Vegetative State Communicates That He’s Not in Pain
A Canadian man who was thought to have been in a persistent vegetative state for more than a decade has been able to communicate to scientists that he isn’t in any pain. This marks the first time that an uncommunicative, severely brain-injured patient has been able to give clinically-relevant answers to physicians. Read more @…
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Brain Scans of Rappers During Improvisation Show Creativity At Work
Rappers improvising rhymes while their brains are being scanned in a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) machine have provided an insight into the creative process. Read more @ SciTechDaily
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Photos of Einstein’s Brain Show Unique Features
Photographs of Albert Einstein’s brain were taken shortly after his death, but were never analyzed in detail until now. The analysis has revealed several unique features of his brain, providing clues about the neural basis of his extraordinary mental abilities. Read more @ SciTechDaily
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