February 4th, 2010
Surf the web. Stay physically active. Eat healthily. And leave time in the day to day dream.
According to a series of studies, it is important to keep the body as fit as the mind and to sleep enough. The results of a new study suggests that chronic insomnia may be another condition associated with reduced cortical volume. Eat a healthy diet and take magnesium supplement which boosts brainpower – that is if you are a mouse. Last but not least, take breaks. Research shows that memories are strengthened during periods of rest while we are awake, not just during sleep.
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January 28th, 2010
Scientist have discovered how the brain codes and represents nouns. They have found, that the brain uses three basic categories to think about common nouns: Can I hold it, can I get inside it and can I eat it?
For their study, the scientists showed people 60 words and analyzed the brain’s activation patterns with a functional magnetic resonance imaging machine. Really intriguing is the inverse process: To find out, which of the 60 words the subject was thinking of, by analyzing the brain’s activation patterns.
You can find the study in the journal PloS One or read the article in prnewswire.com
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January 20th, 2010
Remember the
quantum mind hypothesis? Now scientist have found that unique patterns of electrical signals spread to neurons in different areas of the brain. These patterns of activity started in one set of neurons, only to be mimicked by others milliseconds later. The brains own “quantum entanglement” could explain memories.
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January 15th, 2010
January 14, 2009, Walter Diggelmann spoke at the Red Herring Global
Conference and received the Red Herring Global 100 Finalist award. You can
download or
watch the presentation and
view the handover ceremony on youtube.
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January 14th, 2010
Researchers are working on a project to adapt brain processes to “wet computing” by setting up chemicals in a tube which behave like the transistors in a computer chip. The “wet computer” will literally simulate neurons and signal processing on the chemical level.
(via bbc.co.uk)
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