February 2013
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The Cure for your Aging Brain →
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Childhood, the evolutionary gift →
August 2012
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July 2012
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Politics Affects How We Perceive Temperature →
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Can We Put a Price on Good Mental Health?
It’s a common phrase in lawsuits: “For pain and suffering.” But are we doing people a favor by awarding them huge financial settlements? Or should we instead award them good mental health care? Recently released research suggests that an increase in income, whether on a national or individual level, is over 30 times less effective in increasing happiness than good mental health.
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Oh exercise…is there anything you can’t do? Giving your cardiovascular system a...
– Scrub Your Body’s Cells: Exercise!
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Eat, Smoke, Meditate: Why Your Brain Cares How You... →
Life is stressful. To get through it, humans do a wide variety of activities, ranging from the healthy (exercise, meditation,) to the…not so much (excessive drinking, smoking.) But does how we cope really matter where it counts, in our brains?
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20 Things You Didn't Know About Allergies →
Ah-choo! Are allergies bugging you this summer? Check out some facts you may not have known about them. Because if you equip yourself with knowledge about the enemy, you have the upper hand to defeat them! (Or something like that).
June 2012
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Live-Tweeting Brain Surgery →
Not your typical status update.
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May 2012
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Hypnic Jerks →
neuroticthought:
by Tom Stafford
As we give up our bodies to sleep, sudden twitches escape our brains, causing our arms and legs to jerk. Some people are startled by them, others are embarrassed. Me, I am fascinated by these twitches, known as hypnic jerks. Nobody knows for sure what causes them, but to me they represent the side effects of a hidden battle for control in the brain that happens...