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Stories tagged with: brain
Normal ageing 'can addle brain'
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7127463.stm
Scientists may have discovered why we tend to slow down mentally as we age.
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Submitted by kawau
9 months, 5 days, 15 hours agoTags: brain, mentally, harvard university, function brain
Remote controlled piegon brains!
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http://www.online-tech-tips.com/fun-stuff/remote-controlled-...
This article from Hacked Gadgets (though this is a hacked pigeon brain) describes how scientists from China have managed to implant micro electrodes into the brains of pigeons which allows them to “steer” the bird up or down and left or right! Apparently, the scientists send signals to the implants from a computer and the bird is forced to follow the commands.
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Submitted by akishore
14 months, 2 weeks, 2 days, 14 hours agoTags: remote, piegeon, brain, controlled
Why Brain Is Not Like Computer?
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http://oxygyan.wordpress.com/2007/03/28/brain-vs-computer/
Although the brain-computer metaphor has served cognitive psychology well, research in cognitive neuroscience has revealed many important differences between brains and computers. Appreciating these differences may be crucial to understanding the mechanisms of neural information processing, and ultimately for the creation of artificial intelligence.
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Submitted by sandeep
17 months, 2 weeks, 4 days, 10 hours agoTags: oxygyan, computer, brain, science
Game for the Brain
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http://www.wired.com/gaming/gamingreviews/commentary/games/2...
Next month, Nintendo is releasing Brain Age, a DS game based on the research of the Japanese neuroscientist Ryuta Kawashima.
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Submitted by bigwidget
17 months, 2 weeks, 5 days, 2 hours agoTags: brain, video game, nintendo, Neuroscience
Cortex Brain Injury Affects Empathy & Morality
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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/22/science/22brain.html
The finding could have implications for legal cases. Jurors have reduced sentences based on brain-imaging results showing damage. The new study focused on six patients who had suffered damage to the ventromedial area from an aneurysm or a tumor. The cortex is the thick outer wrapping of the brain, where the distinctly human, mostly conscious functions of thinking and language reside. “Ventral” means “underneath,” and “medial” means “near the middle.” The area in adults is about th
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This is your brain on TED
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http://news.com.com/2100-11393_3-6166247.html?part=rss&tag=2...
If you sense numbers as colors, or see images when hearing a tone, you might be a poet and don't know it.
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