• Tea leaves identified using neural networks

    Updated: 2010-09-30 16:39:06
    Science Blog Scince Blog : Science news straight from the source About Our Bloggers Books , and Stuff Subscribe by Email Subscribe to RSS Tea leaves identified using neural networks by bjs on 30. Sep , 2010 in Blog Entry A team of chemists from the University of Seville US has managed to distinguish between different kinds of tea leaves on the basis of their mineral content and by using artificial neural networks . This technique makes it possible to differentiate between the five main varieties of tea white , green black , Oolong and red . tea This method makes it possible to clearly differentiate between the five types of tea something that is often not easy to do by eye alone by using analysis of the leaves’ mineral content and then mathematically processing these data” , José Marcos

  • Update: Mind. Learn. Eat. Shape. Play

    Updated: 2010-09-30 12:06:29
    You may find that too much media coverage on how to take good care of our brains is confusing, if not potentially misleading. In The True Story — is mental exercise good, bad, or irrelevant, Dr. Pascale Michelon dissects for you a recent large study which was largely reported as bad news when in fact it brings [...]

  • Grand Rounds: Health/ medical blogging here next Tuesday

    Updated: 2010-09-30 08:41:46
    We’re hosting here at SharpBrains the October 5th edition of Grand Rounds blog carnival, the weekly collection of best health/ medical blog posts. You can submit posts until end of Sunday: alvaro at sharpbrains dot com, indicating Grand Rounds in the subject line. And don’t forget to come back on Tuesday!

  • Brain Teaser: Test your mental rotation skills

    Updated: 2010-09-28 15:43:13
    Are you familiar with mental rotation? As the name indicates it refers to moving things around in your head. It is one of the numerous visuospatial skills that humans have. Let’s take an exam­ple. Can you pic­ture in your head an arrow point­ing to the right? Now, turn this arrow so it points to the [...]

  • Worm brains N' Us - a hint of the ancestral brain

    Updated: 2010-09-28 11:30:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Deric Bownds' MindBlog This blog reports new ideas and work on mind , brain , and behavior as well as random curious stuff Deric s Website HOME DERIC'S MIND BLOG BIOLOGY OF THE MIND BOOK AND COURSE LECTURES AND WRITING DERIC PERSONAL , Piano Performance , Professional , Personal History EMAIL DERIC MINDBLOG : PODCASTS The I-Illusion The Beast Within MindStuff : a user's guide Lecture given at Istanbul Cognitive Neuroscience meeting , May , 2010 : Who wants to know The Nature of our Subjective I Twitter Updates Follow me on Twitter Scientific American Partner Search : MindBlog Selected Blog Categories acting choosing 258 aging 118 animal behavior 162 attention perception 306 autism 19 brain plasticity 184 consciousness 156 culture 15 culture politics 418 deric

  • Innovation: Get Therapy through your iPhone

    Updated: 2010-09-28 01:39:00
    Excellent article about an emerging “small revolution” in mental health care: Marientina Gotsis, media lab manager at USC, started thinking about designing apps with therapeutic potential when she realized that her phone had joined her wallet and keys on the small list of things she never left home without. “It’s what keeps people connected, functional, [...]

  • Scientia Pro Publica: Answers to 28 popular and not-so-popular questions

    Updated: 2010-09-27 12:53:43
    Welcome to the XL edi­tion of Sci­en­tia Pro Pub­lica (or, since we are trying to speak English, the 40th edition of “Science for the People”), the rotating blog car­ni­val that show­cases the finest sci­ence, med­ical and envi­ron­ment writ­ing pub­lished in the blogosphere. Quick now — ask a question, any question, that comes to mind. Chances [...]

  • Announcement: new SharpBrains Council for Brain Fitness Innovation

    Updated: 2010-09-24 17:04:21
    We are pleased to announce the beta launch of the SharpBrains Council for Brain Fitness Innovation, the first global cross-sector community and platform designed to support innovators committed to the cognitive health and brain fitness of their constituents/ clients/ patients/ employees. Members of this invitation-only Council will be able to learn, share, collaborate and innovate leveraging [...]

  • Call for science, medical and environment writing

    Updated: 2010-09-23 12:30:41
    We will be hosting the September 27th edition of Scientia Pro Publica, the biweekly blog carnival that “showcases the finest science, medical and environment writing published in the blogosphere”. If you write a blog about science, medicine or the environment and would like to share your writing or photography with a large and appreciative audience, [...]

  • Finding the Stem Cell User’s Manual

    Updated: 2010-09-21 17:17:11
    In recent weeks, stem cell research has once again been drawn into a battle over political, ethical, and legal questions. Given all the controversy, it’s easy to forget that there are still many scientific questions surrounding stem cells and their potential for medical use. The ability of such cells to grow into different types of [...]

  • Learning habits, learning styles: The most recent findings

    Updated: 2010-09-20 19:52:45
    , : Home Home Page Council SharpBrains Community Description and Benefits How to Join Member log-in Research Exchange Program 2010 Awards Brain Fitness Innovation Winners Podium Top 10 Finalists Judging Panel Press kit release 2010 Report Market Intelligence Executive Summary Table of Contents List of Figures In-Depth Vendor Profiles List of Clients The Book first Consumer Guide Description Libraries and bookstores Table of Contents Praise for the Book Debunking 10 Brain Myths List of Research References Teasers Brain Games Top 50 Brain Teasers Top 15 Puzzles Teasers Riddles Latest Games for the Brain Resources for Brain Health Debunking 10 Brain Myths 1. Brain Fitness Fundamentals 2. The 4 Pillars of Brain Maintenance 3. Brain Training vs . Mental Activity 4. Making Informed Decisions 5.

  • A Stroke of Insight

    Updated: 2010-09-19 00:00:37
    A few years ago I was looking after an elderly woman in the emergency department who had suffered a stroke. She was aphasic --- unable to understand speech or create comprehensible sentences. I explained to her family what had happened to her. Then her daughter asked me a question for which I hadn't prepared an answer: "What does it feel like to have a stroke?" (Source: Life in the Fast Lane)

  • Tracking decline in the brain from the earliest stages of Alzheimer’s

    Updated: 2010-09-16 18:24:36
    Inter­est­ing arti­cle on The Dana Foundation website on how to monitor cognitive decline in the brain in the very early stages of Alzheimer’s: Functional MRI May Be Useful for Monitoring Cognitive Decline in the Elderly (Dana Foundation) Alzheimer’s researchers have long wanted to find better ways not only to diagnose the disease but also to monitor its progression from the earliest stages. A new study suggests that functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), a technique currently used mainly for neuroscience research or to guide brain surgery, could be useful in this clinical role. […] an elegant and thought-provoking study. (Source: SharpBrains)

  • TMS: "Virtual lesion" or "virtual excitation"?

    Updated: 2010-09-14 17:29:38
    : Now on ScienceBlogs : Donors Choose Challenge 2010 Last 24 Hrs Life Science Physical Science Environment Humanities Education Politics Medicine Brain Behavior Technology Information Science Jobs Developing Intelligence over time , across species , and cross-platform Latest Posts Archives About Book Shelf RSS Contact Profile Chris Chatham is a grad student at the University of Colorado , Boulder . Search Recent Posts Why The N2 Indexes Conflict Monitoring , Not Response Inhibition Machines Learn How Brains Change Transcranial Reprogramming of Action Induction Problems in ppTMS TMS : Virtual lesion or virtual excitation Paired-pulse Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation For Smarties Supertaskers , The Act of Doing Nothing , and Other Recent Papers of Interest Neural Mechanisms Giving Rise to

  • Dr. FAQ: Kyle Hogarth on Lung Disease & Bronchoscopy

    Updated: 2010-09-14 16:09:30
    Endoscopy and colonoscopy are well-known tools of the physician, minimally invasive devices that navigate the channels of the digestive system to spot cancers, ulcers, and other defects once difficult to spot without major surgery. In the shadow of these procedures lies bronchoscopy, which uses similar technology to explore the labyrinth of the lungs. With the [...]

  • Science Blog Carnival, Up at The Guardian

    Updated: 2010-09-14 13:57:57
    A new edition of Scientia Pro Publica, the biweekly blog carnival that “showcases the finest science, medical and environment writing published in the blogosphere”, is available now, hosted at The Guardian’s new science blog network. To enjoy, click Here. If you write a blog about science, medicine or the environment and would like to share your writing or photography with a large and appreciative audience, you are invited to use this automated submission form. We will be hosting the next edition, on September 27th, here at SharpBrains.com. (Source: SharpBrains)

  • Differences in brain connectivity drive cognitive differences

    Updated: 2010-09-14 11:30:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Deric Bownds' MindBlog This blog reports new ideas and work on mind , brain , and behavior as well as random curious stuff Deric s Website HOME DERIC'S MIND BLOG BIOLOGY OF THE MIND BOOK AND COURSE LECTURES AND WRITING DERIC PERSONAL , Piano Performance , Professional , Personal History EMAIL DERIC MINDBLOG : PODCASTS The I-Illusion The Beast Within MindStuff : a user's guide Lecture given at Istanbul Cognitive Neuroscience meeting , May , 2010 : Who wants to know The Nature of our Subjective I Twitter Updates Follow me on Twitter Scientific American Partner Search : MindBlog Selected Blog Categories acting choosing 258 aging 118 animal behavior 162 attention perception 306 autism 19 brain plasticity 184 consciousness 156 culture 15 culture politics 418 deric

  • Paired-pulse Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation For Smarties

    Updated: 2010-09-13 15:01:28
    Now on ScienceBlogs : Donors Choose Challenge 2010 Last 24 Hrs Life Science Physical Science Environment Humanities Education Politics Medicine Brain Behavior Technology Information Science Jobs Developing Intelligence over time , across species , and cross-platform Latest Posts Archives About Book Shelf RSS Contact Profile Chris Chatham is a grad student at the University of Colorado , Boulder . Search Recent Posts Why The N2 Indexes Conflict Monitoring , Not Response Inhibition Machines Learn How Brains Change Transcranial Reprogramming of Action Induction Problems in ppTMS TMS : Virtual lesion or virtual excitation Paired-pulse Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation For Smarties Supertaskers , The Act of Doing Nothing , and Other Recent Papers of Interest Neural Mechanisms Giving Rise to

  • The brain's fight against aging

    Updated: 2010-09-13 11:30:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Deric Bownds' MindBlog This blog reports new ideas and work on mind , brain , and behavior as well as random curious stuff Deric s Website HOME DERIC'S MIND BLOG BIOLOGY OF THE MIND BOOK AND COURSE LECTURES AND WRITING DERIC PERSONAL , Piano Performance , Professional , Personal History EMAIL DERIC MINDBLOG : PODCASTS The I-Illusion The Beast Within MindStuff : a user's guide Lecture given at Istanbul Cognitive Neuroscience meeting , May , 2010 : Who wants to know The Nature of our Subjective I Twitter Updates Follow me on Twitter Scientific American Partner Search : MindBlog Selected Blog Categories acting choosing 258 aging 118 animal behavior 162 attention perception 306 autism 19 brain plasticity 184 consciousness 156 culture 15 culture politics 418 deric

  • The Future of Cognitive Enhancement and Mental Health: Meet the Experts

    Updated: 2010-09-09 10:34:57
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  • Barcelona talk: How Digital Tech will Transform Education, Training and Brain Health

    Updated: 2010-09-07 07:24:11
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  • The Situational Effects of Mirror Neurons

    Updated: 2010-09-05 04:01:25
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