The Brain: False Assumptions and Cruel Operations
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Two new books Â one about phrenology, the other a biography of a proponent of lobotomy Â examine discredited theories of the brain.
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Experts pinpoint a brain part that may hold the key to recognising places we have been.
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Experts pinpoint a brain part that may hold the key to recognising places we have previously been.
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Terrorism, atrocities, hostage-taking. None of it makes much sense unless you take into account the element of psychological manipulation, which is often played out more covertly than most realise.
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US researchers show that a computer can be controlled by the brain without the need for implants.
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Neuroscientists are making such rapid progress in unlocking the brain's secrets that some are urging colleagues to debate the ethics of their work before it can be misused by governments, lawyers or advertisers.
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I plead guilty to past transgressions. So, call me a hypocrite if you will. I don't care anymore. I refuse to get stuck in the past because the present and the near future is fun. Indulge if you will in recurrent and persistent thoughts, impulses, or images experienced as intrusive and distressing. The obsession with Microsoft in Open Software communities is excessive and unreasonable and a product of the mind. My only hope is that such thoughts, impulses, and, or images can be expunged by logic or reasoning, which is contrary to the notions in the psychiatric community. read more
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Scientists believe they have found a way to dampen down the impact of bad memories in people's brains.
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Given at the University of Regensburg on Sept. 12, 2006
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Among the handiest villains in science fiction are Computers That Know Too Much. Think of the dream-weaving despots of "The Matrix" or murderous HAL in "2001: A Space Odyssey." But in reality, even the most super supercomputer lacks the reasoning capacity of a child engrossed in a Dr. Seuss book. Computers can't read the way we do. They can't learn or reason like us.
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Electric shock experiments on humans have shown that brain regions linked to fear responses are also highly activated when fears are unlearned, a finding that provides insight into developing drugs for anxiety and other fear disorders.
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Scientists believe learning a second language alters a part of the brain.
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Researchers coax cells in a petri dish into learning to guide a plane. The project should lead to a better understanding of how the brain works. By Lakshmi Sandhana.
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Neuroscientists use coral and jellyfish DNA to create colorful arrays of neuronal connections in mouse brains.
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Scientists believe they have located the part of the brain where dreams are created.
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How neuroscience is transforming the legal system.
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Differences in the brain may increase the chances a person will take drugs, scientists say.