The brain is not always entirely asleep or awake.
Contrary to popular opinion the brain is not always entirely asleep or awake but parts of it can go “offline”, researchers have discovered.
Having Trouble Remembering Things? Spring Clean Your Mind
If you have trouble remembering things you probably need to declutter your mind.
Having trouble remembering names and numbers or can’t remember to follow the plot of a film? Help could be at hand. The problem is that you know too much – and you need to declutter, or spring-clean your mind, according to scientists.
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Music Lessons in Childhood Make You Smarter, More Intelligent
Music lessons makes you smarter.
If you want your child to be smart and intelligent then, make sure your kid learns to play musical instruments, scientists say. University of Kansas Medical Center researchers have found that practicing musical instruments as a child not only help him mastering the instrument, it also provides a boost to his brain decades later.
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Swearing Helps Relieve Pain
Swearing helps numb the pain.
One way to help numb the pain after an injury? New research suggests swearing helps. Keele University scientists found that letting forth a volley of foul language can have a powerful painkilling effect, especially for people who do not normally use expletives.
Zapping Your Brain with a 9-Volt Battery Can Boost Learning
Scientists using a technique that is decades old for brain stimulations have found that it boosts learming. According to one researcher, it appears zapping your brain with a 9-volt battery will make you better at video games. But don’t try this yourself.
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Doctors Aren’t Sure Why Girls Are Reaching Puberty Earlier
Girls are reaching puberty earlier than any generation in history.
Doctor’s don’t completely understand why girls are maturing faster than ever. Girls are hitting puberty earlier than any other generation in history.
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Taste and Health Benefits of Organic Food Are All in the Mind
Study finds organic food is considered healthier and tastier even when it’s not.
Researchers have found that labelling something organic tricks the brain into thinking it is better tasting and more healthy even when there is no difference.
Junk Food as Addictive as Cocaine
Certain foods may be addictive.
Seeing a milkshake can activate the same areas of the brain that light up when an addict sees cocaine, US researchers said.
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Study: Being a Happy or Sad Drunk All Comes Down to Your Genetic Makeup
Drinking can make you happy or sad depending on your makeup.
Scientists have discovered that some people physically get a buzz from alcohol while others find it makes them depressed. The discovery could explain why some drinkers become angry and upset if they get intoxicated while others become merry and silly.
People are Happiest After Age 70 and Don’t Become Grumpy with Old Age
Our happiest years come in retirement and decades after the age of 70.
If your carefree youth is a distant memory and you’re entering middle age with a sense of gloom . . . cheer up. The happiest time of your life is probably yet to come.
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Itching Really Can be Contagious
Researchers have shown that the sensation of an itch can be caught visually in the same way as yawning.
It is a phenomenon that can leave entire rooms full of people scratching at the merest mention of fleas or lice. Now scientists have proven for the first time that itching really can be contagious.
Rethinking Education – The needs of the future are mandating that we produce a faster, smarter, better grade of human being
The average person in the U.S. has 100,500 words flowing into their heads on a daily basis.
In 2008, Roger Bohn and James Short, two researchers at the University of California in San Diego, decided to do a study to determine the amount of information people have entering their brains on a daily basis.
