Posts Tagged ‘brain imaging’
Best of 2010, Science & Technology - Jan 11, 2010 17:27 - 31 Comments
I’m so fantastic (if I ignore my frontal lobes)
U. TEXAS-AUSTIN—The less you use your brain’s frontal lobes, the more you see yourself through rose-colored glasses, new research shows. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 24, 2009 11:42 - 3 Comments
Brain benefit for seniors who volunteer
JOHNS HOPKINS (US)—Older adults who tutored children or took part in some other form of volunteer service were able to delay or even reverse declining brain function, a new study finds. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 14, 2009 13:45 - 1 Comment
Kids with rewired brains read better
CARNEGIE MELLON (US)—Intensive instruction to improve reading skills in young children actually causes the brain to physically rewire itself, creating new white matter that improves communication within the brain. (more…)
