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Brain
Brain Scans Could Become EKGs for Mental Disorders
If EKGs can detect potential problems in heart function, then doctors are asking why brain scans can’t be used in the same way, to identify disorders like depression, autism or schizophrenia.
How a Car Crash Can Give You A Foreign Accent
A severe car accident eight years ago left Australian Leanne Rowe with a broken back and jaw — and a French accent.
Mediterranean Diet Better Than Low-Fat Diet in Keeping Aging Brains Sharp
Thank the olive oil or the nuts, but something about the Mediterranean diet could help older brains act young again.
Your Brain on Math
Among the 100 million or so nerve cells in the brain, it turns out there is a group dedicated to making sense of numbers.
Understanding How the Brain Speaks Two Languages
Hablan dos idiomas? You should, if you know what’s good for you
Q&A: What the Brain Reveals About the Self — And Self Control
With the Obama administration planning a major initiative to map the brain, there’s more attention focused on what all of that new information will mean for how we see ourselves and how we take moral and legal responsibility for …
Watching How the Brain Speaks
Most of us take it for granted, but a new brain map shows how complicated speaking actually is.
Brain Map: President Obama Proposes First Detailed Guide of Human Brain Function
To navigate something as complex and dynamic as the brain, a map would help.
It’s Neuromagic: How Penn and Teller Are Helping Brain Science (and Vice Versa)
Brain experts and magicians may have much more in common than either thought possible
Autism and Schizophrenia May Develop During Short Period of Time in Infancy
Genes connected to the two disorders may only be active for a brief window of time.
Migraine Triggers May Not Be So Potent After All
Bright lights and too much exercise are well-known migraine launchers, but the latest study hints that sufferers may not be as sensitive to these triggers as previously thought.
How Speed Dating Works—In the Brain
Dating is all about making snap judgments, and scientists have located where in the brain those decisions are made.