December 2011
3 posts
November 2011
2 posts
Mostafa's Place: 50 Things That Kill Brain Cells →
mostafahussien:
1) Sniffing paint — Yes, sniffing paint will give you a “high” for awhile, but it can really inflict severe brain damage. Avoid inhalants like paint and keep your brain cells healthy. Even worse than just killing your brain cells is the fact that sniffing paint has the potential to kill you —…
September 2011
2 posts
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Blog de Roshan Patel: Scientists Use Brain Imaging... →
roshanpatel:
It’s stories like this that really make me realize how fast science is progressing. You can read a published report here.
BERKELEY — Imagine tapping into the mind of a coma patient, or watching one’s own dream on YouTube. With a cutting-edge blend of brain imaging and computer simulation, scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, are bringing these...
January 2011
1 post
December 2010
2 posts
October 2010
14 posts
BBC News - New brain scan to diagnose autism →
fuckyeahneuroscience:
A brain scan that detects autism in adults could mean much more straightforward diagnosis of the condition, scientists say.
Neurolinguistics: Structural plasticity in the... →
Humans have a unique ability to learn more than one language — a skill that is thought to be mediated by functional (rather than structural) plastic changes in the brain1. Here we show that learning a second language increases the density of grey matter in the left inferior parietal cortex and that the degree of structural reorganization in this region is modulated by the proficiency attained...
Solve these multiplication problems in three... →
September 2010
7 posts
August 2010
1 post
July 2010
2 posts
Chefs as Chemists →
fuckyeahchemistry:
NYTimes:
Chefs are using science not only to better understand their cooking, but also to create new ways of cooking. Elsewhere, chefs have played with lasers and liquid nitrogen. Restaurant kitchens are sometimes outfitted with equipment adapted from scientific laboratories. And then there are hydrocolloids that come in white bottles like chemicals.
Xanthan gum, for...
The Frontal Cortex: Body Games →
fuckyeahneuroscience:
by Jonah Lehrer, on the activity of our brains and emotions during interactive “body gaming” like when using the Nintendo Wii.
June 2010
20 posts
People who eat organic junk food don’t know what... →
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Crocodile and Hippopotamus Served as “Brain Food”... →
fuckyeahneuroscience:
“A team of researchers that included Johns Hopkins University geologist Naomi Levin has found that early hominids living in what is now northern Kenya ate a wider variety of foods than previously thought, including fish and aquatic animals such as turtles and crocodiles. Rich in protein and nutrients, these foods may have played a key role in the development of a larger,...
Why Does Feeling Low Hurt? Depressed Mood... →
psychotherapy:
When it comes to pain, the two competing schools of thought are that it’s either “all in your head” or “all in your body.” A new study led by University of Oxford researchers indicates that, instead, pain is an amalgam of the two…
A fundamental question that boggles me.
fuckyeahchemistry:
What keeps the electrons in the 1s orbital from simply collapsing into the nucleus?
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It has to do with the Heisenberg uncertainty principle. See here and here.
Cool scientific simulations from PhET →
fuckyeahchemistry:
roundthelab:
Play some biol/phys/chem/math or whatever you want.
