Merely a Taste of Beer Can Trigger a Rush of Chemical Pleasure in the Brain.
New research shows just a sip of beer can cause a rush of pleasure due to the potent neurotransmitter dopamine.
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10 Amazing Facts About The Brain
Did you know that the brain has a joke center? Here are 9 other curious facts about your gray matter.
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Researchers Turn One Form of Neuron into Another in the Brain.
A new finding by Harvard stem cell biologists turns one of the basics of neurobiology on its head, demonstrating that it is possible to turn one type of already differentiated neuron into another within the brain.
Advanced Mind Mapping
by David Wilder, Discover Magazine reports that a group of scientists are working on a brand new form of brain mapping. The $30 million Human Connectome Project will provide a model showing the main neural pathways that link the 500 major areas of the brain in an attempt to show how our biological hardwiring controls our mental activity. The [...]
$1.5-billion Supercomputer to simulate the Human Brain
The European Commission has announced, the Human Brain Project, a $1.5-billion Supercomputer to simulate the Human Brain. Image © wikipedia The over a period of ten years Human Brain Project, will seek to understand and map the brain structure and function, and aim to translate it into a supercomputer simulation. HBP-videoverview from Human Brain Project on Vimeo. source Human [...]
Childhood Trauma Leaves Its Mark On the Brain
When surprisingly violent crimes are committed, most recently including the massacre that occurred at Sandy Hook Elementary school in Newtown Connecticut, it’s the prerogative of scientists and the rest of us alike, to try to make sense of the incomprehensible. Unfortunately, most incidents such as this don’t have easy, or satisfying, answers, that can be [...]
Scientific evidence that you probably don’t have free will
George Dvorsky Humans have debated the issue of free will for millennia. But over the past several years, while the philosophers continue to argue about the metaphysical underpinnings of human choice, an increasing number of neuroscientists have started to tackle the issue head on — quite literally. And some of them believe that their experiments [...]
Hydra don’t need brains or even eyes to see
BY ALASDAIR WILKINS It’s hard to imagine an organism much simpler than the hydra. It doesn’t have brains, hearts, or eyes – it’s basically just tentacles with a mouth attached. And yet these simple creatures pull of biological feats no other animal can. Hydra are one of a few species – flatworms are another recently [...]
Sesame Street Provides Lessons about Natural Brain Development in Children
Children are not the only ones who can learn a lesson or two from the Count. It turns out that neuroscientists are gaining key insights into brain development by turning to Sesame Street. While the vast majority of researchers who use neuroimaging techniques to study brain activity in humans use simple tasks and stripped down, short-lasting [...]
27 Science Fictions That Became Science Facts In 2012
We may never have our flying cars, but the future is here. From creating fully functioning artificial leaves to hacking the human brain, science made a lot of breakthroughs this year.
Human brain and its parts – Biology
This is a biology video for grade 7-8th students about the human brain and its different parts which include fore brain, mid brain and the hind brain.
The Divided Brain – Iain McGilchrist
In this new RSAnimate, renowned psychiatrist and writer Iain McGilchrist explains how our ‘divided brain’ has profoundly altered human behaviour, culture and society. Taken from a lecture given by Iain McGilchrist as part of the RSA’s free public events programme. To view the full lecture, go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbUHxC4wiWk Like the RSA on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/thersaorg
