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How to electrify your brain to be smarter with a 9-volt battery

February 7, 2012

Boost your brain power with some cranial current.

Transcranial direct current stimulation can make your brain work better. DARPA proved it can make you better at video games, the U.S. Air Force has shown it cuts drone remote-pilot training in half, and Harvard researchers have used it to treat depression. So what is this magical device that powerfully manipulates your brain function and where can you get one?

It’s not much more than a battery and a bunch of wires. In fact, you could actually make it yourself…

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Women have far less accurate memories than men when it comes to unpleasant events

February 2, 2012

Researchers monitored people’s brain waves with an EEG while they looked at pictures ranging from war photos to pictures of kittens.

Women remember unpleasant events far less accurately than men do, say researchers at the University of Montreal.

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Mind-reading device closer to reality translates brain activity into words

February 1, 2012

Scientists could soon be able to eavesdrop on the constant, internal monologs that run through people’s minds, or hear the imagined speech of those patients who cannot speak, a new study has revealed.

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Smells can trigger powerful emotional memories: study

January 28, 2012

The “Proustian phenomenon” proposes that distinctive smells have more power than any other sense to help us recall distant memories.

A new study shows smells can transport us back to powerful and emotional memories from the past more effectively than sounds, supporting a theory by Marcel Proust.

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Internet is our main source of memory instead of our own brains

January 25, 2012

Our brains are being boggled by Google.

Our main source of memory is coming from the internet instead of our own brains, a study has concluded. In the age of Google, our minds are adapting so that we are experts at knowing where to find information even though we don’t recall what it is.

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Internet addiction affects the brain like drug and alcohol addiction

January 12, 2012

The study revealed that the changes were similar to brain alterations observed in people addicted to alcohol and cocaine.

Changes in the brains of people addicted to the internet are similar to that normally seen in people addicted to alcohol and drugs such as cocaine and cannabis, according to a new study.

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Children learn more and behave better when lessons are taught in 3D

January 8, 2012

Pupils in 3D classes could remember more than the 2D classes.

Students remember more and behave better when 3D images are used in lessons, new research suggest. They are quicker to learn and absorb new concepts, and display higher levels of concentration.

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Study shows mental decline can start as early as age 45

January 8, 2012

“‘Senior’ moments that people often joke about are true.”

As early as age 45, the brain’s abilities to reason, comprehend and remember may start to worsen, a new study from England suggests.

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Elderly can be trained to make accurate decisions as quickly as younger generations

December 29, 2011

Researchers claim older people deliberately take longer to make decisions – to improve their chances of making the right choice.

Think again if you thought that people of 70 aren’t as mentally quick off the mark as they used to be. They can have reactions as fast as 25-year-olds, a study reveals.

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Eating less helps the brain stay young: study

December 27, 2011

Eating less turns on a molecule that helps the brain stay young.

Overeating can cause brain aging while eating less turns on a molecule that helps the brain stay young. Researchers at the Catholic University of Sacred Heart in Rome have discovered that a molecule, called CREB1, is triggered by “caloric restriction” (low caloric diet) in the brain of mice. They found that CREB1 activates many genes linked to longevity and to the proper functioning of the brain.

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First memories may happen as young as age 2: study

December 23, 2011

“Most of us can’t recall anything about infancy, it’s only at about 3- or 4-years of age we can start to remember.”

A majority of adults suffer from childhood amnesia. They are unable to remember infancy or toddlerhood. That’s what scientists thought. But a new study indicates that even six years after the fact, a small percentage of tots as young as 2 can recall a unique event .

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Sexy video clips affect girls more than boys

December 22, 2011

Sexy videos provide numerous negative influences for girls.

Sexy video clips have a more negative influence on girls than on boys, says Dutch pop professor Tom ter Bogt. Ter Bogt investigated the influence of sexy video clips on the thoughts, behaviour and self-image of 13 to 16 year old children. After viewing the clips, girls felt that outward appearance was more important, they were less satisfied with their own appearance, and they became less resolute in denying permissive sex…

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