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Women have far less accurate memories than men when it comes to unpleasant events

February 2nd, 2012 at 12:18 pm » Comments (0)

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Researchers monitored people’s brain waves with an EEG while they looked at pictures ranging from war photos to pictures of kittens.
Women remember unpleasant events far less accurately than men do, say researchers at the University of Montreal.



Mind-reading device closer to reality translates brain activity into words

February 1st, 2012 at 10:46 am » Comments (0)

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Scientists could soon be able to eavesdrop on the constant, internal monologs that run through people’s minds, or hear the imagined speech of those patients who cannot speak, a new study has revealed.



Smells can trigger powerful emotional memories: study

January 28th, 2012 at 2:10 pm » Comments (0)

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The “Proustian phenomenon” proposes that distinctive smells have more power than any other sense to help us recall distant memories.
A new study shows smells can transport us back to powerful and emotional memories from the past more effectively than sounds, supporting a theory by Marcel Proust.



Internet is our main source of memory instead of our own brains

January 25th, 2012 at 12:16 pm » Comments (0)

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Our brains are being boggled by Google.
Our main source of memory is coming from the internet instead of our own brains, a study has concluded.  In the age of Google, our minds are adapting so that we are experts at knowing where to find information even though we don’t recall what it is.



Internet addiction affects the brain like drug and alcohol addiction

January 12th, 2012 at 1:49 pm » Comments (0)

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The study revealed that the changes were similar to brain alterations observed in people addicted to alcohol and cocaine.
Changes in the brains of people addicted to the internet are similar to that normally seen in people addicted to alcohol and drugs such as cocaine and cannabis, according to a new study.



Children learn more and behave better when lessons are taught in 3D

January 8th, 2012 at 12:36 pm » Comments (0)

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Pupils in 3D classes could remember more than the 2D classes.
Students remember more and behave better when 3D images are used in lessons, new research suggest.  They are quicker to learn and absorb new concepts, and display higher levels of concentration.



Study shows mental decline can start as early as age 45

January 8th, 2012 at 12:22 pm » Comments (0)

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“‘Senior’ moments that people often joke about are true.”
As early as age 45, the brain’s abilities to reason, comprehend and remember may start to worsen, a new study from England suggests.



Elderly can be trained to make accurate decisions as quickly as younger generations

December 29th, 2011 at 10:16 am » Comments (0)

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Researchers claim older people deliberately take longer to make decisions – to improve their chances of making the right choice.
Think again if you thought that people of 70 aren’t as mentally quick off the mark as they used to be.  They can have reactions as fast as 25-year-olds, a study reveals.



Eating less helps the brain stay young: study

December 27th, 2011 at 10:23 am » Comments (0)

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Eating less turns on a molecule that helps the brain stay young.
Overeating can cause brain aging while eating less turns on a molecule that helps the brain stay young.  Researchers at the Catholic University of Sacred Heart in Rome have discovered that a molecule, called CREB1, is triggered by “caloric restriction” (low caloric diet) in [...]



First memories may happen as young as age 2: study

December 23rd, 2011 at 10:53 am » Comments (0)

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“Most of us can’t recall anything about infancy, it’s only at about 3- or 4-years of age we can start to remember.”
A majority of adults suffer from childhood amnesia.  They are unable to remember infancy or toddlerhood. That’s what scientists thought. But a new study indicates that even six years after the fact, a small [...]



Sexy video clips affect girls more than boys

December 22nd, 2011 at 5:31 pm » Comments (0)

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Sexy videos provide numerous negative influences for girls.
Sexy video clips have a more negative influence on girls than on boys, says Dutch pop professor Tom ter Bogt. Ter Bogt investigated the influence of sexy video clips on the thoughts, behaviour and self-image of 13 to 16 year old children. After viewing the clips, girls felt [...]



Learnin’ Matrix-Style!

December 12th, 2011 at 11:35 pm » Comments (0)

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Learning with a zing-zang-zoom!
Remember the Matrix where all you need to do to learn kung fu is to get it uploaded to your brain? Well, that may soon be coming to real life:
New research published today in the journal Science suggests it may be possible to use brain technology to learn to play a piano, [...]



London taxi drivers’ brains grow to navigate London’s streets

December 9th, 2011 at 1:43 pm » Comments (0)

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Memorizing 25,000 city streets balloons the hippocampus.
Streets in Manhattan are arranged in a user-friendly grid.  Twenty dministrative districts, or arrondissements, form a clockwise spiral around the Seine in Paris. London is a different story. A map of its streets looks more like a tangle of yarn that a preschooler glued to construction paper than a [...]



Brains of children from violent homes function same as combat soldiers

December 6th, 2011 at 2:37 pm » Comments (0)

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Witnessing violence can have a traumatic effect on the brain.
Scientists at the University College of London (UCL) and the Anna Freud Center liken the impact of family violence on the brains of children to the brains of soldiers exposed to combat. Both kinds of combat result in hypersensitivity to danger and put subjects at risk [...]



Some people can hallucinate colors at will

December 3rd, 2011 at 9:38 pm » Comments Off

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Scientists at the University of Hull have found that some people have the ability to hallucinate colors at will.
Scientists at the University of Hull have found that some people have the ability to hallucinate colours at will — even without the help of hypnosis…
The study, published this week in the journal Consciousness and Cognition, was [...]



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