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Research on resting brains finds there's a lot going on even when 'idle'

The resting brain is anything but idle -- that simple proposition would be clear if you could peer into Mike Mrazek's noggin as he putters around his kitchen preparing his daily morning feast of scrambled ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Sep 03, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (19) | comments 3

What is 'Real'? How Our Brain Differentiates Between Reality and Fantasy

(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 ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Mar 23, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (24) | comments 24 feature




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Stock market network reveals investor clustering

(PhysOrg.com) -- The stock price of a company continuously changes, going up or down depending on the collective activity of a large number of investors. Although this process seems fairly straightforward, ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 27, 2012 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (23) | comments 8 | with audio podcast feature

Consumers in the middle of battle over Internet privacy

Google and Facebook might have finally gotten the average consumer riled up about privacy.

Technology / Internet

created Jan 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Google+ opens up to teenagers

Google on Thursday opened up Google+ to teenagers, just days after loosening the rules about using real names on the social network.

Technology / Internet

created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Multiple sclerosis research links brain activity to sharper cognitive decline

(Medical Xpress) -- When it comes to communication in the brain, more is usually better. But now scientists have linked increased communication in a network of brain regions to more severe mental impairment in patients with ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

GABA signaling prunes back copious 'provisional' synapses during neural circuit assembly

Quite early in its development, the mammalian brain has all the raw materials on hand to forge complex neural networks. But forming the connections that make these intricate networks so exquisitely functional is a process ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jan 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

India bid to censor Internet draws flak

Indian government efforts to block offensive material from the Internet have prompted a storm of online ridicule along with warnings of the risk to India's image as a bastion of free speech.

Technology / Internet

created Dec 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New technology gives patients control of medical image sharing

Patients at three major medical institutions can control the sharing of their medical images and reports with their doctors and medical providers. The RSNA Image Share network was demonstrated today at the annual meeting ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Tuning out: How brains benefit from meditation

Experienced meditators seem to be able switch off areas of the brain associated with daydreaming as well as psychiatric disorders such as autism and schizophrenia, according to a new brain imaging study by ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 21, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (44) | comments 20 | with audio podcast

Clearwire slammed as CEO reportedly mulls default

(AP) -- Shares of wireless broadband network operator Clearwire Corp. plunged Friday after its chief executive told The Wall Street Journal that the company is weighing whether to make a large interest payment on Dec. 1.

Technology / Business

created Nov 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Facebook near privacy settlement with FTC: report

Facebook will agree to independent privacy audits for 20 years under a proposed settlement with US regulators over changes to its privacy settings, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.

Technology / Internet

created Nov 10, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2


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