Shakespeare's 'Brain Workout' ; Reading the Bard Could Stop 'Mental Rigidity', Says Report
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By CAROLINE INNES  READING Shakespeare is good for the brain, researchers at the University of Liverpool have found.   Scientists discovered reading literary works like Hamlet and Macbeth acts like a work-out for the brain and has lasting beneficial effects on the mind.
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SOME of the earliest copies of Shakespeareâs plays are set to be put on the internet. The British Library is putting 93 high-resolution digitised copies of 21 of Shakespeare&#39;s plays online.
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Brain scans of people in chronic pain show a state of constant activity in areas that should be at rest, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday, a finding that could help explain why pain patients have higher rates of depression, anxiety and other disorders.
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A new study questions the idea that the female brain evolved to be talkative and the male brain evolved to be reticent.
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NEW YORK  - Findings from a small study suggest that antibody therapy may improve the thinking ability of patients with Alzheimer&#39;s disease, according to a report in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry.
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Thousands of brain-damaged people who are treated as if they are almost completely unaware may register what is going on around them but be unable to respond, a study suggests.
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To tame a strong personality, an author says, don't force it to play defense.
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Shakespeare may have written his plays with a quill pen but now the Bard&#39;s works are taking a leap into the digital age as the British Library publishes some of the earliest editions of his plays on a new Web site.
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Researchers have confirmed what common wisdom has long held -- that people can suppress emotionally troubling memories -- and said on Thursday they have sketched out how the brain accomplishes this.
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The brain reacts more powerfully to the body language of a person in a posture denoting fear than it does to a fearful facial expression, according to a study released yesterday.
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Well, in a manner of speaking, yes. Researchers use a brain scan that lets them identify your intentions before you actually do anything. By the Associated Press.
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Walking exercises our bodies, and now we&#39;re finding it might exercise our brains too. A study of older women found that regular walking, just a few hours a week, can have a significant effect on protecting the brain from early signs of dementia.
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Evidence of how stress disrupts rational decision-making and short-term memory is reported today in research that could lead to drugs to treat mental illness.
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Having a sound sleep after cramming for exams consolidates that learning, a new research has revealed. Neurologist Philippe Peigneux and his colleagues analysed brain activity in sleeping volunteers and found
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New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey&#39;s gay declaration of independence, when he advanced downstage to muse about his inner turmoil, brought an oddly Shakespearean turn to the national soap opera. The difference is that when Shakespeare&#39;s Richard ...
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Science & environment: Political differences might be explained by a fundamental variation in how our brains are 'wired' to process information, study says.
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Brief sessions of brain exercise can have long-lasting benefits for elderly people, helping them stay mentally fit for at least five years, one of the most rigorous tests of the "use-it-or-lose-it" theory suggests.