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09/01/2012

http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/news/full-frontal-psychology/fleeing-the-brains-fear-center.html

Scientific “facts” often take on a life of their own. Scientists make legitimate and exciting new discoveries, with the best tools available to them in their time, and these findings get verified and modified and cited and, eventually, repeated without question. Over time, insights get simplified fo...

09/12/2011

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/8943121/Taxi-drivers-brains-rewired-by-The-Knowledge.html

Taxi drivers are infamous for their obstinate view of life, but a new study shows their brains could have become hard-wired to prevent them from taking on new information.

20/10/2011

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/10/19/health/mental-health/teen-brain-impulses/index.html?hpt=he_c1

Neuroscientists confirm that teenagers do have brains, but they're wired differently than those of adults.

07/10/2011

http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/the_spectator/2011/09/does_evil_exist_neuroscientists_say_no_.single.html

Is evil over? Has science finally driven a stake through its dark heart? Or at least emptied the word of useful meaning, reduced the notion of a numinous nonmaterial malevolent force to a glitch in a tangled cluster of neurons, the brain? Yes, according to many neuroscientists, who are emerging...

21/09/2011

I have been experimenting with mindfulness meditation recently. Originally a Buddhist practice, mindfulness meditation focuses on moment-to-moment awareness, of one’s body and its sensations and one’s immediate surroundings. When thoughts intrude on this aware state—as they always do—you gently let ...

15/09/2011

“Research shows there are ways we can take advantage of neuroplasticity to help children master the abilities that are crucial for emotional intelligence. Neuroplasticity put in the simplest of terms means that our brain is designed to change both in

08/09/2011

Thanks to MRI and fMRI bran scans, we now know much more about how damage to or deficiencies in certain parts of the brain may underlie "evil" behavior.

29/08/2011

Researchers study how ­meditating helps improve focus and minimize pain

28/08/2011

An article about the 'brain s*x' theory

27/08/2011

New research suggests the 'love hormone' oxytocin may determine how sociable we are

27/08/2011

When you can't change your circumstances, change yourself. By Michael Michalko...

14/08/2011

Right brain good, left brain bad? By Dan Goleman...