Sigalon | Shared With: Everyone - Sep 10 2008 | scanners, brain, science, health
Quoted: Images that purport to show in living color the parts of the brain that generate such virtues as compassion, fairness and wisdom are invading turf that was once reserved for philosophers, theologians and psychologists.
From morality to math, a revolution in "functional" magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), which observes brain blood flow, is being used by researchers to pinpoint the pieces of the brain that people rely on to think and feel.- Sigalon | Shared With: Everyone - Mar 13 2008 | Science, brain, TED
Quoted: Neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor had an opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: One morning, she realized she was having a massive stroke. As it happened -- as she felt her brain functions slip away one by one, speech, movement, understanding -- she studied and remembered every moment. This is a powerful story about how our brains define us and connect us to the world and to one another.
ShareViewed: 54 Times - Sigalon | Shared With: Everyone - Jul 10 2007 | health, brain, hormone
Quoted: A chemical that also works as a stress hormone is the final signal that says you're out of gas.
- Sigalon | Shared With: Everyone - Apr 20 2007 | health, learning, techniques, brain
Life-changing knowledge does typically require advanced learning techniques. In fact, it's been said that the average adult only uses 10% of his/her brain. Imagine what we may be capable of with more advanced learning techniques.
Quoted: Hacking Knowledge: 77 Ways to Learn Faster, Deeper, and Better
- Sigalon | Shared With: Everyone - Apr 20 2007 | health, brain, surgery
Quoted: Surgery is about to change with the introduction of a new MRI-compatible surgical robotic system developed by Dr. Garnette Sutherland at the University of Calgary/Calgary Health Region.
ShareViewed: 2 Times - Sigalon | Shared With: Everyone - Jan 26 2007 | health, brain, maps
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