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Bullies love to bullyThe researchers from the University of Chicago used functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) scans of eight 16 to 18 year-old boys with aggressive conduct disorder and compared them to eight matched adolescents without conduct disorder. ... |
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BehindTheMedspeak: When scanners lieI must say that like most people I'd always assumed that MRIs were pretty much generic: that is, no matter where you had one done the result would be pretty much the same as one done anywhere else. My eyes were opened real wide when I read Gina Kolata's October 14, 2008 New York Times Science ... |
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Googling May Improve Aging Brain FunctionContrary to Nicholas Carr’s controversial theory, the internet may improve brain function - at least among older adults. Researchers from the Center on Aging at the University of California, Los Angeles discovered that searching the web creates great bursts of activity in their subject’s brains ... |
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Internet Use Improves BrainpowerSearching online is better than reading books for increasing the brainpower of middle-aged and older adults, new research indicates.A University of California Los Angles team of scientists found searching on the Internet stimulates parts of the brain that control decision-making and complex reaso... |
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The Inner Argument [The Frontal Cortex]At any given moment, the cortex is riven by disagreement, as rival bits of tissue contradict each other. Different brain areas think different things for different reasons; all those mental components stuffed inside our head are constantly fighting for influence and attention. In this sense, the ... |
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Why We Overbid For Old Junk On eBayarstechnica: Economists have known for years that people tend to overbid on items up for auction. But experts did not know the reason behind our seemingly irrational behavior. Economists and neuroscientists from New York University teamed up to study this classic economic problem, and they publ... |
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