1 Brain is able to invent creative new solutions to perform impossible actions: Study
The human brain is a powerful simulation machine. Sports professionals and amateurs alike are well aware of the advantages of mentally rehearsing a movement prior to its execution and it is not surprising that the phenomenon, known as motor imagery, has already been extensively investigated. However, a new study published in the September 2010 issue of Elsevier's Cortex suggests that there may ... Source: News-Medical-Net
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2 Brain-age scans seen as potential gauge of child development
Scientists have developed a scan that can measure the maturity of the brain, an advance that someday might be useful for testing whether children are maturing normally and for gauging whether teenagers are grown-up enough to be treated as adults. Child development - Health - Child - Psychology - Trauma and Injuries Source: Washington Post
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3 Brain Scans Could Spot Developmental Problems in Kids
Researcher suggests tests may give warning if child's brain growth is behind schedule. Source: HealthCentral
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4 Study proves brain imaging data can track aberrant brain development
Five minutes in a scanner can reveal how far a child's brain has come along the path from childhood to maturity and potentially shed light on a range of psychological and developmental disorders, scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have shown.Researchers assert this week in Science that their study proves brain imaging data can offer more extensive help in ... Source: News-Medical-Net
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5 Brain scans may give warning about mental problems in kids
A quick MRI scan can spot mental developmental problems in kids, thus giving a warning if a child's brain growth is behind schedule, a new study suggests. Source: People's Daily
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6 Brain Mechanism Linked To Relapse After Cocaine Withdrawal
Addictive drugs are known to induce changes in the brain's reward circuits that may underlie drug craving and relapse after long periods of abstinence. Now, new research, published by Cell Press in the September 9 issue of the journal Neuron, uncovers a specific neural mechanism that may be linked to persistent drug-seeking behavior and could help to guide strategies for development of new ... Source: Medical News Today
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7 Brain Scans Can Predict How You'll React to a Movie Scene [Brain]
# brain CRASH! A deafening roar and the cinema screen explodes with light. The scene is certainly startling, but is this movie stirring up the right emotional reactions deep down? Rather than ask your opinion, it's now possible to cut out the middleman and go straight to your brain for the verdict. More » Source: Gizmodo
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8 The Brain Needs To Remember Faces In 3-Dimensions
In our dynamic 3D world, we can encounter a familiar face from any angle and still recognize that face with ease, even if the person has, for example, changed his hair style. This is because our brain has used the 2D snapshots perceived by our eyes (like a camera) to build and store a 3D mental representation of the face, which is resilient to such changes. This is an automatic process that most ... Source: Medical News Today
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9 Brain Tunnelgenix Technologies Receives FDA Approval for Abreu BTTâ„¢ System for Continuous Temperature Monitoring
HAMDEN, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Brain Tunnelgenix Technologies Corp. (BTT Corp.) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted the company clearance to market its Abreu BTTâ„¢ 700 System. Source: Business Wire
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10 Exercise may protect brain from Alzheimer's, Cleveland Clinic study shows
Exercise may have a protective effect on the brain function of people who are at risk for Alzheimer's disease, a Cleveland Clinic study shows. Source: The Cleveland Plain Dealer
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