Behind Closed Eyes: An Ayahuasca Experience
stLight.options({publisher:'0b9142ea-42f7-4b62-947d-dd7654ef4f2d'}); “As I closed my eyes, images – if they can be called such – began racing at an ever-increasing speed before me. Swirls of colors,...
View ArticlePut Your Hands Up for Intelligence
stLight.options({publisher:'0b9142ea-42f7-4b62-947d-dd7654ef4f2d'}); Ever wonder why people still “talk with their hands” when they’re on the telephone? We often use hand gestures while speaking even...
View ArticleA Knitted Brain
stLight.options({publisher:'0b9142ea-42f7-4b62-947d-dd7654ef4f2d'}); Art is popular. There are many people that enjoy, support, or make a living off of art. It has the power to evoke emotion and also...
View ArticleInternal Voices Decoded by Scientists at UC Berkeley
stLight.options({publisher:'0b9142ea-42f7-4b62-947d-dd7654ef4f2d'}); Researchers have developed a technique that reconstructs the words patients are thinking of that could help locked-in or comatose...
View ArticleFemale Sexuality and Neuroscience
stLight.options({publisher:'0b9142ea-42f7-4b62-947d-dd7654ef4f2d'}); As feminism becomes mainstream, much of scientific research is following suit, from a book being written about female sexuality to...
View ArticleHigh Definition Fiber Tracking
// There are numerous brain imaging techniques that allow us to gain insight into what damage the brain may have incurred after a patient has a traumatic injury. The ever popular fMRI measures blood...
View ArticleThe Soundtrack of the Human Brain
// Neuroscience researchers in China have created a method of transforming brainwaves into music by combining EEG and fMRI scans into sounds that are recognizable to human beings. The EEG adjusts the...
View ArticleAmerica's Stutter-free Idol
On January 17th, the talented Lazaro Arbos, a 21-year-old from Florida, went viral on Youtube for his amazing performance during his American Idol audition. The most impressive part of his beautiful...
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Temptation: The Effects of Immediate and Delayed Rewards
As we approach the loved holiday season, we also approach the dreaded weight gain that comes along with it. It probably won’t come as a surprise to you that our brain, specifically the hippocampus,...
View ArticleUsing brain imaging to predict which vegetative patients have potential to...
According to new research, positron emission tomography (PET), a functional brain imaging technique, is a promising tool for determining which brain damaged individuals in vegetative states have the...
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