Saturday, February 13th, 2010
[caption id="attachment_31194" align="alignleft" width="209" caption="Sexy"][/caption]Washington, Feb 13 (ANI): When judging who''s hot or not, brain regions associated with higher functions, such as understanding the intentions of others and self-awareness, light up, scans show.
The study implies that when someone casts meaningful looks at an attractive stranger it may be a ...
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Friday, May 8th, 2009
Washington, May 8 (ANI): Hoping to some day develop new tools for diagnosing mental health disorders and monitoring the progress of their treatments, scientists have now turned to uncovering new information about the mind by studying brains while they are at rest.
Researchers at Oregon Health and Science University are running ...
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Friday, May 8th, 2009
Washington, May 8 (ANI): People tend to judge their confidence while making choices several times a day, and now researchers have uncovered the biological mechanisms behind the belief that a choice is likely to be correct.
Many studies have shown that choice certainty is closely associated with reaction time, and with ...
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Friday, May 8th, 2009
London, May 8 (ANI): Researchers in France have identified the place where free will resides.
Lead scientist Angela Sirigu, a neuroscientist at the CNRS Cognitive Neuroscience Centre in Bron, say that the place lies towards the back of the brain called the parietal cortex.
The finding was made when a neurosurgeon electrically ...
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Thursday, May 7th, 2009
London, May 7 (ANI): A group of scientists have identified three genes that specifically mediate the metastasis, or spread, of breast cancer to the brain and how.
Researchers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) have found that COX2 and HB-EGF - genes that induce cancer cell mobility and invasiveness - are ...
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Thursday, May 7th, 2009
Madrid (Spain), May 7 (ANI): Spanish golfer Seve Ballesteros says his brain tumor left him suffering like a dog.
The legendary golfer will start his fifth session of chemotherapy this week, but after fighting through four operations, a bout of depression and fears of going blind, Ballesteros says he is ...
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Thursday, May 7th, 2009
Washington, May 06 (ANI): Renee Zellweger is putting acting on hold to spend time doing nothing and 'getting bored'.
The actress has been working constantly since she rose to fame in the 1990s and hasn't had time for any vacations.
Now, Zellweger insists that she desperately needs some time off and ...
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Tuesday, May 5th, 2009
Washington, May 5 (ANI): Scientists have found that autistic toddlers have an enlarged amygdala, a brain area known to be linked with functions like the processing of faces and emotion.
Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill also say that this brain abnormality appears to be associated ...
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Tuesday, May 5th, 2009
Washington, May 5 (ANI): Scientists have identified a new anticonvulsant compound, called paxilline, which may cease the progression of epilepsy, a neurological disorder marked by abnormal electrical activity in the brain that leads to recurring seizures.
The study by Carnegie Mellon University researchers is based on a previous work in which ...
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Tuesday, May 5th, 2009
Washington, May 05 (ANI): A new research has shown that lack of iron in the womb could delay the development of auditory nervous system in preemies.
This delay could affect babies' ability to process sound, which is critical for later language development in early childhood.
Researchers at University of Rochester Medical ...
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