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Genes may determine our ability to empathize
Mumbai :: India | 5 days ago
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Scientists at Oregon State University have discovered that empathy can be inherited. hey say that carriers of certain genes are better able to read people's feelings than others. The genes are linked to the way in which the body processes oxytocin, otherwise...
Tags: Sarina Rodrigues, Oregon State University Researchers, India, Mumbai, Breastfeeding, Neurotransmitters, Oxytocin, Empathy, Emotion, Neuropeptides, Psychology, Neuroscience, Health Medical Pharma
Insects could be as smart as mammals, say scientists
Glasgow :: United Kingdom | 5 days ago
Credibility Having a brain the size of a pinhead does not necessarily make you less bright, say researchers. Computer simulations show that even consciousness could be generated in neural circuits tiny enough to fit into an insect's brain, according to the scientists...
Tags: United Kingdom, Glasgow, Neuroanatomy, Organs, Insect, Ant, Bee, Hymenoptera, Brain, Central nervous system, Artificial intelligence, Neuropsychology, Strong AI, Nervous system, Neuroscience, Philosophy of mind, Health Medical Pharma, Consciousness, Neurobiology
Early Life Stress Has Effects at the Molecular Level
Munich :: Germany | 7 days ago
Credibility Scientists from the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry in Munich, Germany, looked at the long-term effects of stress mice suffered soon after their birth. The stress was produced by separating the mouse pups from their mothers for three hours a day for...
Tags: early life, Germany, Munich, Neurotransmitters, Neuroscience, Stress, Vasopressin, Epigenetics, Neuroendocrinology, Anxiety, Neuropeptides, Health Medical Pharma
Slow, but staggering progress
Baghdad :: Iraq | 9 days ago
Credibility Last updated on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009 12:16AM EST H is voice is raspy, the words come slowly. Trevor Greene says it is because he no longer has the reflex to breathe before he speaks, so he has to remind himself constantly to take in air while he talks.
Tags: Trevor Greene, Ms. Lepore, brains injury, doing things, Iraq, Baghdad, Brain, Central nervous system, Neuroanatomy, Traumatic brain injury, Neuroplasticity, Neurotrauma, Neuroscience, Biology, Health Medical Pharma
Whole Brain Catalog - a 3D virtual environment for the mouse brain
This is a new project that was launched last week at Society for Neuroscience's annual meeting. The meeting took place in Chicago, Illinois. The Whole Brain Catalog was developed at UC San Diego as a community resource by the Waitt Family Foundation....
Tags: neuroscience, technology, allnews, brain
EDUCATION IN NEUROLOGY: COMPREHENSIVE NEUROLOGY BOARD REVIEW
Residents studying for their specialty board examinations have always been time contrained, especially in very busy hospital practices. This "board prep" period can become very nerve-wracking. Although the 80-hour work week has improved the quantity...
Tags: Neurology board review, comprehensive neurology board review, neurology, neuro, neuroanatomy, neurobiology, neurocritical care, neuroradiology, questions and answers, test preparation, intensive neurosurgery board review, neuroscience, board prep, medical student education, neurology resident ed
This is your brain on autism?
Is there a difference in the brains of young children who are autistic? Studies underway are using MRIs in the siblings of children with autism to determine whether there are changes that can be seen before a year of age. http://www.blisstree.com/autismvox/this-is-your-brain-on-autism/
Tags: neuroscience, MRI, autism research
Boston Globe: Study may cast light on mental illnesses
Lyman :: WY :: USA | 10 months ago
Credibility You're waiting in a check-out line, thinking of nothing in particular...At such times, your conscious mind is on "idle," but your brain is not. In such situations, the brain's "default system" takes over, a pattern of spontaneous activity that is fast...
Tags: brain, neuroscience
Genetic Engineering News: Canada-US scientists discover gene responsible for brain's aging
Paris :: France | 10 months ago
Credibility Universite de Montreal, Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory publish findings in the Journal of Neuroscience This press release is available in French . Montreal, January 16, 2009 Will scientists one day be able to slow...
Money Lights Up the Brain
Neuroscientists have recently conducted a study in which brain responses have been studied in association with money. Subjects observed red and green targets in their field of vision. Selecting targets was associated with monetary targets which could...
Tags: money, brain, neuroscience
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