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.
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Sigalon | Shared With: Everyone - Sep 05 2008 | brain, memory, health
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.
Sigalon | Shared With: Everyone - Jul 10 2007 | health, brain, hormone
Sigalon | Shared With: Everyone - Apr 20 2007 | health, learning, techniques, brain
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Sigalon | Shared With: Everyone - Jan 26 2007 | health, brain, maps
Sigalon | Shared With: Everyone - Jan 26 2007 | health, brain, image
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