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What is 'Real'? How Our Brain Differentiates Between Reality and Fantasy
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Most people can easily tell the difference between reality and fantasy. We know that characters in novels and movies are fictitious, and we also understand that historical figures - even if ...
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Altered brain activity in schizophrenia may cause exaggerated focus on self
Jan 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Schizophrenia may blur the boundary between internal and external realities by over-activating a brain system that is involved in self-reflection, and thus causing an exaggerated focus on ...
What happens when the mind wanders?
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 18, 2007 |
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Scientists have discovered what happens in the brain when the mind wanders. Until recently, little has been known about the neural mechanisms that give the mind its ability to daydream.
Zen training speeds the mind's return after distraction, brain scans reveal
Sep 03, 2008 |
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Experienced Zen meditators can clear their minds of distractions more quickly than novices, according to a new brain imaging study.
Brain network linked to contemplation in adults is less complex in children
Mar 07, 2008 |
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A brain network linked to introspective tasks -- such as forming the self-image or understanding the motivations of others -- is less intricate and well-connected in children, scientists at Washington University School of ...
Likely culprits to check when wireless connection crawls
Aug 14, 2009 |
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Q: I have a problem with our Dell laptop computer's wireless connection using Internet Explorer. At various times, the speed drops down to sloth and then stops altogether. At the same time, other computers, a desktop connected ...
Manipulating the Brain Network Could Improve IQ
Jun 10, 2009 |
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In an attempt to investigate why some brains are more intelligent than others, researchers have found that efficient wiring between different brain regions is associated with a higher IQ. This understanding ...
MIT wins Pentagon prize in social networking contest
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A team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has won a 40,000-dollar prize for using social networking tools to identify the locations of 10 large weather balloons in a contest sponsored by ...
Short Web address site tr.im to stay in business
Aug 12, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Web address shortening service tr.im is back in business - just days after announcing it would trim itself out of operation.
Building a complete metabolic model
Sep 17, 2009 |
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Investigators at Burnham Institute for Medical Research, University of California, San Diego, The Scripps Research Institute, Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation and other institutions have constructed ...
Balancing your Facebook
Mar 04, 2009 |
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It seems everyone is on Facebook these days: your co-workers, your best friend from third grade, your mom. Facebook usage has exploded in the past year, with the site claiming its fastest-growing demographic ...
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