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Strange but True: When Half a Brain Is Better than a Wh ... websnapr

"The operation known as hemispherectomy—where half the brain is removed—sounds too radical to ever consider, much less perform." Have you read Blindsight? Read this.
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 2 Users, more info save
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/04/070426125321.htm

Advances In Genetics Should Make Learning Easier, Accor ... websnapr

“There’s a long history of biology being excluded from education [...] in understanding learning. We are not taking full advantage of how information from neuroscience and genetics can be used to moti
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.betterhumans.com/blogs/advancednano/archive/2006/12/20/state-of-cognitive-enhancement.aspx

State of Cognitive Enhancement websnapr

Monster link round-up from Brian Wang. Some great stuff in there.
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://space.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn10689&feedid=online-news_rss20

What you speak may affect what you hear websnapr

"People perceive different patterns in the same sound sequences depending on their native tongue, researchers have found."
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.sciam.com/print_version.cfm?articleid=31373133-e7f2-99df-3b50b89ea1adbbfb

Juicing the Brain - better warfare through chemistry websnapr

"Although for centuries astonishing and terrifying advances have been made in the technology of conflict, soldiers are basically the same. They must eat, sleep, discern friend from foe, heal when
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.betterhumans.com/blogs/dry_observer/archive/2006/11/13/jolting-your-neurons-to-life_3a00_-boosting-verbal-and-creative-skills-and-memory-in-the-frankenstein-tradition.aspx

Jolting Your Neurons to Life: Boosting Verbal and Creat ... websnapr

"...once this method is improved and the technology refined, would unobtrusive electrodes be able to pass microcurrents through our heads whenever we need enhanced memory during the day?"
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/node/810

Battle for supremacy made us intelligent websnapr

"...research supports the 'Machiavellian intelligence' hypothesis, which suggests that competition at a social level - and the ability to manipulate others for personal gain - is what drove an ex
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.technologyreview.com/read_article.aspx?id=17678&ch=biotech

Rerouting Brain Circuits with Implanted Chips websnapr

"A new, implantable and wireless brain chip can create artificial connections between different parts of the brain, paving the way for devices that could reconnect damaged neural circuits."
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.technologyreview.com/read_article.aspx?id=17674&ch=biotech

Looking at Your Brain on Drugs websnapr

"...scientists hope to use new brain-imaging technology to train substance abusers to control cravings. The addicts would literally watch real-time images of brain blood flow and use mental exerc
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Stay in bed that extra hour: it aids thinking, say rese ... websnapr

"Psychologists ... pulled together more than 100 studies of the effects of sleep on cognitive tasks and found that staying out of bed for too long can have serious effects on ability to remember
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn10324&feedid=online-news_rss20

Proof that losing money really is scary websnapr

"The fear of losing money can be similar to the fear of physical pain, according to a study of brain scan images." Well, duh. The methodology seems a little weird to me, but I'm no scientist
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/medtech/0,71631-0.html?tw=wn_index_2

Wired News: Music Makes Your Brain Happy websnapr

"Daniel Levitin explores research into how our brains process the works of artists as varied as Beethoven, the Beatles and Britney Spears, and why they make us feel so good.". Yet another bo
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.newscientistspace.com/article.ns?id=dn9422&feedid=online-news_rss20

Mother tongue may determine maths skills websnapr

Turns out we don't all think alike after all; the language you speak may affect your maths skills.
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://www.blogcharm.com/singularity/25603/timetable.html

Singularity Timetable websnapr

It would be awesome if this actually came true, but I think it's probably a bit blue-sky...one can dream, however!
>30 days ago by PaulRaven, 1 User, more info save
http://fcis.oise.utoronto.ca/~aviseu/eng_art-cog_content.html

Ana Viseu - How social is the social? websnapr

What role do artifacts play in cognition? How does a change in their conceptualization affect the nature of cognition?
>30 days ago by zinkous, 1 User, more info save
http://www.cognitivedesignsolutions.com

Cognitive Design Solutions websnapr

Great site with amazing links - all about e-learning in the organization.
>30 days ago by noam613, 1 User, more info save
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Awesome stuff for your brain websnapr

Ever heard of brainwave entrainment? Well, it's starting to gain a lot of popularity. This stuff can actually make you smarter, treat depression, ADD, ADHD, insomnia, and much more.
>30 days ago by DPic, 1 User, more info save
http://www.technologyreview.com/Biztech/20872/page1/

Adapting Websites to Users websnapr

Researchers at MIT's Sloan School of Management hope to make websites better at selling products by presenting information in a way that complements that person's style of thinking.
>30 days ago by Davezilla, 2 Users, more info save
http://www.headstrongbrain.com

brain games websnapr

Brain training with a brain gym can improve short term memory, increase speed and may help buffer against alzheimers.
30 days ago by software001, 2 Users, more info save

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