Archive for the ‘mind’ Category
Monday, November 26th, 2007
Honey bees with pupal brood cells. Honeybee larvae produce silk to reinforce the wax cells in which they pupate. (Credit: Nick Pitsas, CSIRO)
Moths and butterflies, particularly silkworms, are well known producers of silk. And we all know spiders use it for their webs. But they are not the only invertebrates ...
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Sunday, November 18th, 2007
What do you do when a naturally occurring hormone in your body turns against you? What do you do when that same hormone – melatonin – is a popular supplement you take to help you sleep? A University of Houston professor and his team of researchers may have some answers.
Gregg ...
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Wednesday, November 7th, 2007
American and Italian researchers have found that boosting the amounts of a marijuana-like brain transmitter called anandamide produces antidepressant effects in test rats.
Led by Daniele Piomelli, the Louise Turner Arnold Chair in Neurosciences and director of the Center for Drug Discovery at the University of California, Irvine, the researchers used ...
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Thursday, November 1st, 2007
Spending just 10 minutes talking to another person can help improve your memory and your performance on tests, according to a University of Michigan study to be published in the February 2008 issue of the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.
"In our study, socializing was just as effective as more traditional ...
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Thursday, October 25th, 2007
Studying childhood cancer patients who have suffered tissue and organ damage from chemotherapy treatments, researchers have found that growth hormones can reverse damage to the heart. Before the children started growth-hormone treatment their heart walls were very thin. Within weeks of starting it, the walls became thicker and their heart ...
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Tuesday, October 16th, 2007
Understanding the Mind
As humans we live in two worlds. There is the external physical world of work, family and friends that we travel in. Then there is the world of our mind and imagination. It is a virtual reality that can appear and feel just as real. When it comes ...
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Tuesday, October 16th, 2007
There are two basic principles to keep your brain healthy and sharp as you age: variety and curiosity. When anything you do becomes second nature, you need to make a change. If you can do the crossword puzzle in your sleep, it’s time for you to move on to a ...
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