Experimenting With the Mind
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The CIA was eager to examine the use of dangerous pharmaceutical drugs to modify the behavior of targeted individuals, and so it asked commercial drug manufacturers to pass along samples of medicines rejected for commercial sale "because of unfavorable side effects," according to an undated...
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This summer's lineup of brain-teasing video games includes some brilliant titles that stretch your mind power to its limits, asking you to think laterally to beat the computer or just out-strategize your friends.
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A trial of a new type of schizophrenia drug shows promise in patients.
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A new awareness of promoting Âan image of joy and wellness.Â
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Ever wonder why fear-mongering seems to work so well at the pollsâwhile appeals to reason often leave the electorate cold? A new book applies neuroscience to politics to figure out why the Democrats struggle to push the buttons in voters' brains.
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Neural impulses, synaptic transmission, and drug action : A 3 part series    Part I : \
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A scientific-religious debate is shaping up over near-death experiences. A look at the dangers for both sides.
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Brain research indicates something that practitioners of meditation have long maintained: Mental discipline and meditative practice can change the workings of the brain and allow different levels of awareness.
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Also: Paul Allen project maps the brain. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra.
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Volunteers show marked improvement in verbal skills after a research team runs a weak current through their foreheads. The researchers say it could lead to innovative therapies for patients with brain injuries. By Amit Asaravala.
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The stories seem strange but riveting. A heart attack victim recalls floating in the air, watching paramedics revive him. A surgical patient remembers hovering, watching the doctors operate. Such widely reported out-of-body experiences have long been the territory of theology, philosophy and scary movies. Now scientists have turned their attention to the topic.
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The deep thinkers are at it again. They are pondering. They are studying. They are working overtime to solve a problem that can not be fixed.
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Potential distractions at the computer are ever present and enticing. So research is aiming at ways to keep you focused.
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Recent research is providing new insight into experiences more often left to paranormal explanations.
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Japanese researchers have implanted a  small camera inside a mouse's brain to see how memory is  formed, in an experiment they hope to some day apply to humans  to treat illnesses such as Parkinson's disease.
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Scientists figure out why too much marijuana sometimes causes feelings of paranoia. It involves the geography of the brain.
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Can a rational awareness of flavor chemistry and amine circuitry influence heighten our actual sensory experience of food?