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Morphonix - Brain Puzzle

2010-01-04T10:05:00.000-08:00

Cognitive Neuroscience | SharpBrains

2009-11-01T10:42:00.001-08:00

Quoted from http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/category/cognitive-neuroscience/:

Cognitive Neuroscience | SharpBrains
A few eternal questions:
- Is caffeine good for the brain?
- Does it boost cognitive functions?
- Does it protect against dementia?

A Virtual Voyage Through the Brain of a Mouse - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com

2009-10-28T21:48:00.003-07:00

Quoted from http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/27/a-virtual-voyage-through-the-brain-of-a-mouse/?nl=technology&emc=techupdateemb2:

A Virtual Voyage Through the Brain of a Mouse - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com
A Virtual Voyage Through the Brain of a Mouse

In 20 years, we’ll all be wearing one: Behold the Happiness Hat « Mass High Tech Blog

2009-10-28T21:48:00.001-07:00

Quoted from http://www.masshightech.com/blog/2009/10/28/in-20-years-well-all-be-wearing-one-behold-the-happiness-hat/:

In 20 years, we’ll all be wearing one: Behold the Happiness Hat « Mass High Tech Blog
In 20 years, we’ll all be wearing one: Behold the Happiness Hat

Researchers Create Artificial Memories in the Brain of a Fruitfly - NYTimes.com

2009-10-21T07:41:00.001-07:00

Quoted from http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/20/science/20fly.html:

Researchers Create Artificial Memories in the Brain of a Fruitfly - NYTimes.com

Researchers Create Artificial Memories in the Brain of a Fruitfly

Web Surf to Save Your Aging Brain - Yahoo! News

2009-10-19T17:34:00.000-07:00

Web Surf to Save Your Aging Brain - Yahoo! News: "Researchers found that older adults who started browsing the Web experienced improved brain function after only a few days."

HowStuffWorks "Are teenage brains really different from adult brains?"

2009-10-19T11:07:00.001-07:00

Amigdala versus the Pre Frontal cortex: Guess who wins this one. Also includes a link to a great video on the teenage brain.

Quoted from http://health.howstuffworks.com/teenage-brain.htm#:

HowStuffWorks "Are teenage brains really different from adult brains?"
Are teenage brains really different from adult brains?

How stuff works "Fact or Fiction: Brain Myths"

2009-10-19T08:29:00.001-07:00

Here is a quick little informative quiz regarding brain function:

Quoted from http://health.howstuffworks.com/brain-myths-quiz.htm:

Fact or Fiction: Brain Myths
The brain is one of the most amazing organs in the human body, but it's also one of the most mysterious. Even with the best neuroscientists, psychologists and psychiatrists on the case, there's still a lot we don't know about our brains. And the things that we do know may turn out to be untrue, as there are many myths about this incredible organ. Think you can separate fact from fiction? Take this quiz on brain myths and find out.

Follow the link:

http://health.howstuffworks.com/brain-myths-quiz1.htm

2009-10-18T23:49:00.001-07:00

Coffee does little to protect the aging brain - Yahoo! News

2009-10-06T11:33:00.000-07:00

Quoted from http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_coffee_brain:

Coffee does little to protect the aging brain - Yahoo! News

Coffee does little to protect the aging brain

Reuters–A cup and sugar packet from a Starbucks coffee shop are pictured in London, March 15, 2007. REUTERS/Catherine… By Joene Hendry Joene Hendry – TueOct6, 1:11pmET

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Sorry coffee lovers -- downing a few cups of coffee throughout the day may spark alertness, but it's unlikely to protect the aging brain from mental decline or dementia, according to researchers from Finland.

Some studies have suggested that coffee has a protective effect on brain function in old age, while others have not shown this association.

One of the latest studies on the topic, which appears in the September issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, found no association between coffee consumption and declining cognition or dementia scores in either men or women.

Dr. Venla S. Laitala, at the University of Helsinki, and colleagues assessed the coffee drinking habits, as well as other social, demographic, and health data, of a large population of twin pairs who were 50 years old on average.

At this point in time, 75 percent of the men and 83 percent of the women drank more than 3 cups of coffee a day. Only 4 of men and about 1 percent of women reported no daily coffee consumption.

When the group was just over 74 years on average, the investigators conducted telephone interviews in 2,606 of the study participants (48 percent women) to specifically screen for declining cognition and dementia.

They found that each year of increasing age was associated with declines in thinking abilities, regardless of gender.

However, in this study, middle-age coffee consumption was not protective against "cognitive decline or preventive against dementia," Laitala told Reuters Health in an email correspondence.

As expected, heart disease, diabetes and dissatisfaction with life were significantly associated with lower cognitive performance, the researchers report.

Therefore, Laitala's team suggests further investigations concentrate on the role heart disease, diabetes, and life satisfaction play in altered and age-related thinking and analytic abilities.

SOURCE: American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, September 2009

What was I thinking?

2009-10-02T10:34:00.000-07:00

OK, I'll start a blog and update it every day.

Boost Your Brainpower at Work - Inbox - Yahoo! Mail

2009-10-01T06:40:00.000-07:00

Boost Your Brainpower at Work

Boost Your Brainpower
at Work

6 everyday tips to think faster, remember more, and outsmart your competition

We might be emerging from The Great Recession, but jobs are still scarce, and, let’s face it, office life is violent. We don’t mean in the
“employee-tenders-resignation-with-a-12-gauge-Mossberg” sense. We’re talking about mental firefights—the kind you engage in everyday with your colleagues, who walk in with their brains locked and loaded with brilliant ideas, gunning to get themselves ahead and leave you behind in a corporate body bag. Bang! You're demoted.

Want to be the last man standing? Pack a bigger brain. Fortunately, you don't need an FBI background check to own some high-caliber gray matter. The lifestyle decisions you make each day profoundly influence whether or not your brain works at its peak potential—and peak potential equals promotion. So go ahead, squeeze the trigger on these 6 simple get-smart strategies, and start blowing the competition away.