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Higher Fetal Androgens Alters Female Brain Development
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The rare genetic condition congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) boosts androgen hormone exposure in the womb. Women with CAH have stronger interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) careers than women who have normal hormone levels. CAH does not appear to influence male career interests. Teacher, pilot, nurse or engineer? Sex hormones strongly influence people's interests, which affect the kinds of occupations they choose, according to psychologists. "Our results provide strong support for hormonal influences on interest in occupations characterized by working with things versus people," said Adrie...
Source: FuturePundit - September 12, 2011 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Randall Parker Tags: brain Sex Differences Source Type: blogs
Upcoming Talks on Applied Neuroscience, Brain Fitness and Adaptive OrganizationsEmail this article to a colleague.
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A quick FYI — I will be speaking at the following events. Please do come and say Hello if you get the chance!
> September 19-20th, San Francisco, CA: Translating Neuroscience Into Marketable Therapeutic Interventions, at the Entertainment Software and Cognitive Neurotherapeutics Society (ESCoNS). Details Here.
> September 23rd, Los Gatos, CA: The SharpBrains Guide to Brain Fitness, at Los Gatos Public Library. Details Here.
> November 8th, San Francisco, CA: Brain Fitness for Adaptive Organizations, at the 2011 NeuroLeadership Summit. Details Here.
Source: SharpBrains - September 9, 2011 Category: Neurologists Authors: Alvaro Fernandez Tags: brain Fitness Industry Cognitive Neuroscience adaptive organizations Applied Neuroscience brain-Fitness Cognitive Neurotherapeutics Society entertainment Entertainment Software ESCoNS Interventions los gatos Marketable Neur Source Type: blogs
Pharmalot… Pharmalittle… The Weekend NearsEmail this article to a colleague.
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And so another working week is about to draw to a close. This was a fast few days, yes? Now, of course, we can begin daydreaming about weekend plans. Our modest agenda includes taking in a soccer match with one of our short people, tidying up around the campus and conducting some R&D. And you? Anything special planned? Perhaps a day outdoors to catch some fresh air? A nap could be in order. Or maybe a shopping trip to stimulate what is left of the economy? Whatever you do, have a good time and see you soon…
Glaxo Stops Tykerb Arm Of Breast-Cancer Trial (Reuters)
Pfizer Starts Animal Health Joint Venture In China...
Source: Pharmalot - September 9, 2011 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Animal Health Animal Medications Bayer brain Tumors China COPD GlaxoSmithKline HPV Medicis Pharma Merck NICE Novartis Nycomed Pfizer Product Liability Tykerb Vaccines Weight Loss Yaz Source Type: blogs
I don't recallEmail this article to a colleague.
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I don't remember. I must have forgotten. Can you tell me again? I'm sorry, I don't recall that. Yesterday while at work, I realized that there was yet another thing I couldn't recall. Or to put it bluntly, something else I forgot. I then started thinking about how much I couldn't remember. I realized that there was a lot I couldn't remember - yes I could remember that I couldn't remember.My desk is a pile of post it notes of things to do. Every day when I get to work, I create a new to do list so I remember what I meant to do. Also I do get a tiny bit of satisfaction in checking completed items off the list. Then I started...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - September 9, 2011 Category: Cancer Tags: brainless chemo brain Source Type: blogs
NeurosexismEmail this article to a colleague.
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Cordelia Fine: Delusions of Gender
Sex differences in the brain are sexist, argues this psychologist, in a rousing talk on neuroscience and sexism. Theories involving fetal testosterone, multitasking, and other science standbys are criticized. An appearance at the 2010 Festival of Dangerous Ideas at the Sydney Opera House. See also: a debate on science and gender between Elizabeth Spelke and Stephen Pinker.
Source: Channel N - September 9, 2011 Category: Neurologists Authors: sandra at psychcentral.com (Sandra Kiume) Tags: All Lecture brain feminism gender neuroscience psychology sex video Source Type: blogs
Don’t Let Your Kids Watch Dr. Keith AblowEmail this article to a colleague.
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Dr. Keith Ablow, a practicing psychiatrist known as much for his media persona on the Fox News channel and elsewhere as his two New York Times bestsellers, wrote what I thought was a pretty savage, fear-mongering diatribe recently against parents letting their children watch any episode of “Dancing with the Stars” that features a person who has undergone transgender surgery, Chaz Bono.
His logic is a thing of beauty to behold in its twisted triumph: Because some children who may be watching may be undergoing their own self-identity and sexual transformation (as most teenagers do at some point in their normal de...
Source: World of Psychology - September 8, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: John M. Grohol, PsyD Tags: brain and Behavior Children and Teens General Mental Health and Wellness Minding the Media Parenting Personality Psychology Self-Esteem Sexuality Adolescents Bono Dancing With The Stars Diatribe Difficult Decision Dr Ablow Source Type: blogs
Brain Bugs by Dean BuonomanoEmail this article to a colleague.
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Book Review: Brain Bugs: How the Brain's Flaws Shape Our Lives by Dean Buonomano
CommentsI checked out the promo page for your book and it looks ... by Aman Basanti | Age of MarketingAman, I can assure you that my upcoming Brainfluence will be ... by Roger Dooley“If I had a dollar for every recent book about how weird the ... by Aman Basanti | Age of MarketingRelated StoriesThe Rivalry in Your Customer’s BrainVivid Stories Change Donor BehaviorConnect Emotionally to Boost Sales
Source: Neuromarketing - September 7, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Roger Dooley Tags: Neuromarketing Neuroscience and Marketing Books brain bugs dean buonomano evolution religion Source Type: blogs
What is the Likelihood We Will Need the Baby’s Cord Blood?Email this article to a colleague.
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Cord blood stem cells are instrumental in the treatment of many diseases, and the list is continually growing. Therefore, the answer to the above question is complicated. Stem cells are harvested from cord blood, which are then used to treat disease. You can read more about this topic here.
Entry Filed under: babies,brain development,Cord Blood,medical research,parents,pregnancy
Source: Cord Blood News - September 6, 2011 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Joyce Tags: babies brain development Cord Blood medical research parents pregnancy stem cells Uncategorized affordable cord blood banking cord blood banking fees cord blood banking information cord blood treatments healthy pregnancy new baby Source Type: blogs
Who Says This is The Classroom of the Future?Email this article to a colleague.
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The New York Times has recently published several very good and seemingly unrelated articles…let’s try and connect some dots. What if we questioned the very premise behind naming some classrooms the “classrooms of the future” simply because they have been adding technology in literally mindless ways? What if the Education of the Future (sometimes also referred to as “21st Century Skills”) wasn’t so much about the How we educate but about the What we want students to learn and develop, applying what we know about mind and brain to the needs they are likely to face during the next 50–70 years of their lives?...
Source: SharpBrains - September 6, 2011 Category: Neurologists Authors: Alvaro Fernandez Tags: Education & Lifelong Learning 21st Century Skills academic-performance. Arthur-Lavin brain Child-Development classroom emotional-self-regulation focus future Internet life skills Michael-Posner mind motivation resilience se Source Type: blogs
Upcoming Event: TBI Conference (Bristol, 21-22 Sept 2011)Email this article to a colleague.
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From the conference webpage:Brain Injury Rehabilitation Trust (BIRT) Brain Injury Conference 2011Inspiring learning and innovation in brain injury rehabilitation21-22 September 2011, The Bristol Marriott Hotel, Old Market, Bristol "The 2011 conference from the Brain Injury Rehabilitation Trust will look at the latest developments and strategies for the treatment and rehabilitation of people with acquired brain injury. This is the fourth in BIRT's series of biennial brain injury conferences."The first day's plenary sessions provide an opportunity to hear international speakers present their latest research and theories."Day...
Source: BrainBlog - September 6, 2011 Category: Neurologists Tags: traumatic brain injury neuropsychology conference TBI rehabilitation Source Type: blogs
Stanley Milgram & The Shock Heard Around the WorldEmail this article to a colleague.
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Next to Zimbardo’s Stanford Prison Experiment, Stanley Milgram’s obedience studies are arguably the most famous, influential and controversial of psychology experiments.
The obedience studies started in 1961 at Yale University when Milgram was just a 27-year-old assistant professor. Muzafer Sherif, also a pioneer in social psychology who conducted experiments at a summer camp to test intergroup conflict, remarked that: “Milgram’s obedience experiment is the single greatest contribution to human knowledge ever made by the field of social psychology, perhaps psychology in general.”
At the time, before Sherif and Mi...
Source: World of Psychology - September 4, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S. Tags: brain and Behavior General History of Psychology Research Violence and Aggression Authoritarian Personality Civilised Country Concentration Camps Crazy Man German Government Great Scientists Horrific Acts Human Knowledge Intergro Source Type: blogs
The unpredictable upsideEmail this article to a colleague.
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Spin type school combination locks have never worked. It didn't help that #1 liked the idea of a key. Alas, despite his remarkable reliability with his phone, he kept losing keys.This year he likes keys less. It's part of not wanting to be different, which is both unfortunate (he is different) and another powerful behavioral lever.So I geared up to again try to teach him the spin lock for school use. I drafted a table with directions on the left, drew the spin direction, and did the combination in large font in a separate column. Working to separate the idea of the common actions from the unique combination.Next came the q...
Source: Be the Best You can Be - September 4, 2011 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Tags: brain and mind cognition autism Source Type: blogs
Upcoming Event: Allen Institute (04-05 Oct 2011, Seattle)Email this article to a colleague.
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ALLEN INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN SCIENCE
2011 Annual Symposium:
Open Questions in Neuroscience
October 4-5, 2011
Seattle, WA
"The second annual symposium, Open Questions in Neuroscience, offers a thought-provoking program that addresses key areas of neuroscience and looks to the future of the field. Bringing together a diverse group of leading scientists, the meeting will feature a mixture of talks and discussion to inspire innovative thinking and engage participants in exploring compelling avenues for advancing brain research." - from the webpage
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Source: BrainBlog - September 4, 2011 Category: Neurologists Tags: neuropsychology neuroscience conference neuroanatomy brain continuing education CNS Source Type: blogs
Interactive Human Brain in 3DEmail this article to a colleague.
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Heathline now offers a cool interactive Human Brain in 3D you can play with, as part of their overall Body Maps. Enjoy!
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- Use It or Lose It: What is It?
- Why We Need to Retool Use It or Lose It
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Source: SharpBrains - September 2, 2011 Category: Neurologists Authors: Sharpbrains Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience 3D brain human-brain Use-It-or-Lose-It Source Type: blogs
Migraines During PregnancyEmail this article to a colleague.
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Some women who have a history of migraines have them more often when they’re pregnant; others (luckily) experience fewer of them. Many women also have migraines for the first time during pregnancy.
Because some research shows that women who suffer from pregnancy migraines may also be at increased risk for hypertension, preeclampsia, and other vascular disorders, check in with your doctor if you’re constantly suffering from a pregnancy migraine. You may want to be screened for these complications. YOu can read more about it here.
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Source: Cord Blood News - September 2, 2011 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Joyce Tags: babies brain development Cord Blood medical research parents pregnancy stem cells Uncategorized affordable cord blood banking cord blood collection cord blood cost cord blood information healthy pregnancy migraine headaches mig Source Type: blogs
Exercise for DementiaEmail this article to a colleague.
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Exercise as a Preventive or Disease-Modifying Treatment of Dementia
A neurologist reports on the newly published article “Physical Exercise as a Preventive or Disease-Modifying Treatment of Dementia and Brain Aging,” Ahlskog et al, Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 2011. Their meta-analysis found that exercise affects brain health in animal models, and suggest it can modify cognitive outcomes with normal aging and perhaps reduce the risk of neurodegenerative disease like dementia. Physical (as opposed to mental) exercise is recommended. Although the amount and type of exercise has not been completely assessed, patients ...
Source: Channel N - September 1, 2011 Category: Neurologists Authors: sandra at psychcentral.com (Sandra Kiume) Tags: All Documentary Online education aging brain dementia exercise geriatric neurology prevention research treatment video Source Type: blogs
Mother Of 6 Winning Battle Against Leukemia Thanks To New MethodEmail this article to a colleague.
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Thanks to umbilical cord blood cells and a new way to increase the number of cells exponentially, this Colorado mother of 6 is on her way to getting better. After giving birth prematurely she began chemotherapy treatments as well an infusion of almost 2.3 billion ( thats billion with a B!!) new cells harvested from umbilical cord blood. It seems that this could be the wave of the future, and although this is still in its experimental stages, there is hope for this mom and many others. You can continue reading here.
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Source: Cord Blood News - September 1, 2011 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Joyce Tags: babies brain development Cord Blood medical research parents pregnancy stem cells Uncategorized affordable cord blood banking bone marrow transplant cord blood banking information cord blood collection cord blood information cord Source Type: blogs
Should The US Compensate Injured Trial Patients?Email this article to a colleague.
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Earlier this week, the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues declared that US-funded researchers knew they violated ethical standards when they deliberately infected Guatemalan prison inmates and mental patients with syphillis in the 1940s. The US apologized last year and the panel was convened to investigate and a final report is due later this year.
About 1,300 people were infected with venereal disease, more than half of them with syphilis, including inmates who were exposed to infected prostitutes brought into jails, and male and female patients in a mental hospital. Some subjects had bacteria pour...
Source: Pharmalot - September 1, 2011 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Bioethics Clinical Trials Guatemala National Vaccine injury Compensation Program Syphillis Vaccines Source Type: blogs
SXSW 2012 Psychology Picks: Need Your Vote!Email this article to a colleague.
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Time is running out to vote for some of your favorite SXSW 2012 Interactive panel ideas through the SXSW panel picker (Friday at midnight is the deadline). Yes, you need to register a free account in order to vote, but it takes only a minute to do so.
I’ve organized a panel again for consideration, as have some other psychologists and professionals. I’ve highlighted three panels I’d like you to vote a big thumbs-up on, if you have a minute today. While people’s votes only constitute 30 percent of how a panel idea is chosen to present at SXSW Interactive, it’s an important part of the process t...
Source: World of Psychology - September 1, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: John M. Grohol, PsyD Tags: brain and Behavior General Professional Psychology Psychotherapy Technology Treatment Analyze That Berkeley School Body Image Issues D Medical Dr John Grohol Everyday Kind Health Professionals Interactive Panel Intimacy Jas Source Type: blogs
Misdiagnosis Happens All The Time: Tips To Avoid ItEmail this article to a colleague.
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Billionaire Teddy Forstmann has apparently been diagnosed with a serious form of brain cancer. There’s a tragic twist to the story: according to Fox Business News, Forstmann believes that for more than a year, he had been misdiagnosed with meningitis.
ABC News wonders:
How could such a misfortune befall a billionaire —- a man able to afford the best doctors, best technology and the most sophisticated diagnostic tests?
They’re missing the point. Misdiagnosis happens with shocking regularity – as much as (more…)
*This blog post was originally published at BestDoctors.com: See First Blog*
Source: Better Health - September 1, 2011 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: EvanFalchukJD Tags: Health Tips Ask Questions Best Doctors Best Technology Billionaire brain Cancer Diagnosis Doctor Patient Relationship Family History Jerome Groopman Low-tech test Meningitis Quality Care Second Opinion Teddy Forstmann Source Type: blogs
Full Recordings Available Now: 2011 SharpBrains SummitEmail this article to a colleague.
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We are pleased to announce that full recordings for all presentations delivered during the 2011 SharpBrains Summit: Retooling Brain Health for the 21st Century (March 30 — April 1, 2011) are now available both to Summit Participants and to non-Participants.
You can Learn More Here and Access 40+ Talks and 20+ hours of up-to-date information and analysis of brain science, technology and innovation, delivered by nothing short of a world-class faculty.
–> Registered Summit Participants can access all Session Recordings by clicking on the session titles in the Agenda page and using the same Userna...
Source: SharpBrains - August 31, 2011 Category: Neurologists Authors: Alvaro Fernandez Tags: brain Fitness Industry Cognitive Neuroscience Health & Wellness 2011 Sharpbrains Summit Adam Gazzaley Alexandra Morehouse Alvaro Fernandez Alvaro-Pascual-Leone Beverly Sanborn Brenda Dann-Messier Carlos Rodriguez Ca Source Type: blogs
Three Common Ailments That Can Be Treated With Regular ExerciseEmail this article to a colleague.
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It’s Wednesday, so I would like to tell you about some cool things I learned this past week about the science of how exercise can be used as a treatment for three common ailments.
First, some background about exercise: The great thing about exercising every day that you eat is that this magic potion is not a shot or a pill. It does not involve a doctor burning or squishing anything in your body. There are no HIPAA forms, no insurance pre-certifications, and not even a co-pay. It’s as we say, easy and free. And drum roll please…exercise is active—not passive.
Here’s the Mandrola take on how exercise might treat th...
Source: Better Health - August 31, 2011 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: John Mandrola, M.D. Tags: Health Tips Research Activity ADHD Anthracyclines Apoptosis Arthritis Cancer Cancer Patients Cardiac injury Cardiac Toxicity Concentration doxorubicin-induced cardiac injury Endurance Exercise Healthy Living Heart Disease Source Type: blogs
3 Fascinating Facts About Our Brilliant BrainsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Our brains do a lot of work behind the scenes to help us function and thrive. But we largely know this already.
What might surprise you are the details of this work. For instance, as neuroscientist David Eagleman writes in his book Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain:
Your brain is built of cells called neurons and glia—hundreds of billions of them. Each one of these cells is as complicated as a city. And each one contains the entire human genome and traffics billions of molecules in intricate economies. Each cell sends electrical pulses to other cells, up to hundred of times per second. If you represented each of ...
Source: World of Psychology - August 31, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S. Tags: Books brain and Behavior General Memory and Perception Psychology Random brain Bits Research brain Science brain Tissue Change Blindness Cubic Centimeter David Eagleman Electrical Pulses Experimenter False Idea Fascinating Fa Source Type: blogs
How to Soothe a Crying BabyEmail this article to a colleague.
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There are days you can soothe your baby and then there are days you can’t. We have ALL been there, and not just once! Each time your baby cries and can’t be soothed, we are thinking of the next step and solution. Sometimes all it takes is a certain way you are rocking them, or a certain type of music (maybe even your own voice!) Its easy to say either 1) i will pick them up or 2) i won’t pick them up. But when it comes right down to it each day and each time he cries and won’t stop is completely different from the time before. Here are some tips to help you cope with a cry...
Source: Cord Blood News - August 30, 2011 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Joyce Tags: babies brain development Cord Blood medical research parents pregnancy affordable cord blood banking breast feeding colic cord blood banking fees cord blood banking information cord blood processing healthy pregnancy helping coli Source Type: blogs
Promoting Healthy, Meaningful Aging Through Social Involvement: Building an Experience CorpsEmail this article to a colleague.
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(Editor’s note: Pathways responsible for higher-order thinking in the prefrontal cortex (PFC), or executive center of the brain, remain vulnerable throughout life—during critical early-life developmental windows, when the PFC fully matures in the early 20s, and finally from declines associated with old age. At all ages, physical activity and PFC-navigated social connections are essential components to maintaining brain health. The Experience Corps, a community-based social-engagement program, partners seniors with local schools to promote purpose-driven involvement. Participating seniors have exhibited immediate short-...
Source: SharpBrains - August 30, 2011 Category: Neurologists Authors: Dana Foundation Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Education & Lifelong Learning Health & Wellness academic-performance. aging Alzheimers-disease Arthur-Kramer brain-health brain-Plasticity Cerebrum chronic disease cognitive-exercises developing brain envir Source Type: blogs
The Multiple Sclerosis Spell-CheckerEmail this article to a colleague.
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The more I write about multiple sclerosis, the more I realize that I’m smarter than my computer about said topic.
Sometimes I feel like my spell-checking software hasn’t caught up with the vernacular of our disease. Other times, I feel like we’re just making up words for stuff — oft, we are!
Myelin, Cog-Fog, Assistive, PML, CCSVI… not something your everyday word processing program recognizes; and I need it too! In my current state, I find myself relying more and more on the brain under my fingertips more than I trust my own T-Cell infested gob but squiggly red, blue or green highlights (GREAT! Now I’m to u...
Source: Life with MS - August 30, 2011 Category: Other Conditions Authors: admin Tags: Diagnosis MS MS and fatigue MS blog MS diagnosis Multiple Sclerosis health brain cognitive ability with ms living with multiple sclerosis MS progression multiple scelrosis multiple sclerosis drugs Source Type: blogs
New Books!Email this article to a colleague.
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Taking a look this week at new texts in introductory neuroscience & neuropsychology and at new books about the brain written for a general audience. It is always a fun activity to see what's out there, and the selections just get better and better each year!
What are your favs of 2011?
Source: BrainBlog - August 29, 2011 Category: Neurologists Tags: neuropsychology neuroscience brain CNS Source Type: blogs
Milgram’s Obedience to Authority ExperimentEmail this article to a colleague.
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Milgram’s Obedience to Authority Experiment
Morality and responsibility for violence are explored in a re-enactment of Yale psychologist Stanley Milgram’s famous experiment on obedience to authority. Under the close supervision and direction of a professor, participants are told to administer increasingly dangerous electric shocks to a person in another room, under the pretense that it’s an experiment about learning and memory. They hear screams and protests from the “learner” pretending to be receiving shocks, but when the professor tells them to continue, most do, even after believing the &#...
Source: Channel N - August 29, 2011 Category: Neurologists Authors: sandra at psychcentral.com (Sandra Kiume) Tags: All Documentary TV authority behaviour brain experiment history morality psychology social video violence Source Type: blogs
Beliefs about Memory: Interview with Dan SimonsEmail this article to a colleague.
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In a recent survey of the U.S. population, researchers Daniel Simons and Christopher Chabris assessed common beliefs about memory. They found that common beliefs are often incongruent with scientific findings. Recently I had an opportunity to ask Simons about some of the implications of the survey.
What motivated this survey on understanding memory?
Our goal in conducting the study was to supplement the research we had done for our book, The Invisible Gorilla. The book focuses on everyday illusions, cases in which people’s intuitive beliefs about how the mind works are faulty. In writing the book, we realized tha...
Source: World of Psychology - August 29, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Jamie Hale Tags: brain and Behavior General Interview Memory and Perception Psychology Research Daniel Simons Demonstration Discrepancy Documentary Evidence Experiences Fluency Good Reason Gorilla How The Mind Works Illusions Memories Mis Source Type: blogs
The Curious Case of Phineas Gage and Others Like HimEmail this article to a colleague.
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If you’ve ever taken an introductory psychology class, then you probably know the story of Phineas Gage, the 25-year-old railroad worker whose personality dramatically changed after a rod pierced his skull.
Gage lost portions of his frontal lobe and went from being a kind and mild-mannered man to rude and unrestrained.
On September 21, 1848, The Boston Post reported on the incident. The article was called “Horrible Accident” and said:
As Phineas P. Gage, a foreman on the railroad in Cavendish, was yesterday engaged in tamping for a blast, the powder exploded, carrying an instrument through his head an inch in len...
Source: World of Psychology - August 28, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S. Tags: brain and Behavior General History of Psychology Military Personality Research Treatment Violence and Aggression Animal Passions Boston Post Curious Case David Eagleman Doctor Dr Frontal Lobe Horrible Accident Intellectual Ca Source Type: blogs
The Importance Of Physicals For Young AthletesEmail this article to a colleague.
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Increasing numbers of young people participate in outdoor activities, including strenuous competitive athletics. In so doing, they subject their bodies to stresses that are more intense and prolonged than those presented by a largely sedentary life. Every story of a sudden death in a young person is a tragedy, and usually accompanied by commentary pondering the role and utility of pre-activity screening. Could the death have been prevented? What was the physiological condition of the deceased? Could the collapse, often attributed to a heart problem, have been predicted? Was there an examination or evaluation that might hav...
Source: Better Health - August 27, 2011 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Paul Auerbach, M.D. Tags: Health Tips Opinion abnormal heart rhythms Acquired Heart Abnormality Athletes brain Aneurysm Congenital Heart Abnormality ECG EKG Heart Abnormailty Heart Failure idiopathic hypertrophic subaortic stenosis Mass Screening Outdoor Source Type: blogs
Zimbardo’s Infamous Prison Experiment: Where the Key Players Are NowEmail this article to a colleague.
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It’s arguably one of the most controversial experiments.
It all started in the basement of the psychology building at Stanford University on August 17, 1971 after psychologist Phil Zimbardo and colleagues took an ad out in the paper stating: “Male college students needed for psychological study of prison life. $15 per day for 1-2 weeks.”
Over 70 people volunteered for the Stanford Prison Experiment. Twenty-four healthy, smart college-aged men were picked and randomly assigned either to be a guard or a prisoner. The aim of the study was to explore the psychology of prison life and how specific situations affect peop...
Source: World of Psychology - August 27, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S. Tags: brain and Behavior Depression General History of Psychology Mental Health and Wellness Personality Research Self-Esteem Stress Students Breakdowns Colleagues Controversial Experiments Despair Disturbing Behavior Features Inte Source Type: blogs
The State Of Drug-Seeking In America: Nothing Should HurtEmail this article to a colleague.
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This might sting a little…
When I was a child, I was often painted orange with Merthiolate. My grandmother, like every good grandmother, kept a bottle handy at all times. Merthiolate was an antiseptic, containing Mercury, that was marketed for cuts and scrapes.
A fall on the gravel, a slide on the pavement, a run through the briar patch and you’d be sitting on the kitchen table while grandma colored you orange with the magical elixir, which incidentally burned like fire!
On a recent emergency department shift, we were colluding about the general state of drug-seeking in America, which has been enabled by our ‘not...
Source: Better Health - August 26, 2011 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Edwin Leap, M.D. Tags: Opinion Culture Cuts and Scrapes Drug-Seeking Emergency Department Family Hurt injury Lortab Merthiolate Neosporin Pain Percocet Sleep Medicine Source Type: blogs
Best of Our Blogs: August 26, 2011Email this article to a colleague.
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I sometimes wonder if our focus on “doing things right” is what causes us more pain, anguish and difficulty than anything else in life. It’s almost as if those red marks on our graded assignments as kids stay with us when we become adults.
In fact, our fear of impending negative feedback often grows as we grow older. We hold our vulnerabilities even closer, wrapping them up carefully like we would a glass vase or a precious piece of china. We’re fearful of sharing our feelings. We hold back our laughter, forgetting that as kids we let it all out from our bellies to our mouths. And to shield our pain...
Source: World of Psychology - August 26, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Brandi-Ann Uyemura Tags: Best of Our Blogs Adults Amp Anguish Author Mark Bellies bloggers Breaking Ground Change Your brain China Eating Disorder Emotions Express Feelings Flower Flowers Focus Glass Vase Homework Laugh Laughter Law Of At Source Type: blogs
Can Religion or Spirituality Help Ward Off Depression?Email this article to a colleague.
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People of all shapes, sizes, colors and nationalities get depression. There seems to be little rhyme or reason to whom it strikes and when.
Many people swear by certain things to help them keep depression away. Some people use exercise, while others throw themselves more into their work. Others take a daily dose of a herb like St. John’s Wort or fish oil, because of the association these ingredients have had with a reduction in depression in some studies.
But what about religion? Can a strong sense of spirituality or religion help you ward off depression?
According to new research that followed a group of people ove...
Source: World of Psychology - August 25, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: John M. Grohol, PsyD Tags: brain and Behavior Depression Disorders Family General Grief and Loss Happiness Mental Health and Wellness Motivation and Inspiration Research Spirituality Adult Offspring Adults Affective Disorders Ajp Columbia University Source Type: blogs
CDC Outlines Injury Prevention Strategies In Extreme Weather ConditionsEmail this article to a colleague.
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It may seem rather unusual to talk about injuries and weather in the same context, but extreme weather can pose significant risks for many kinds of injury. Currently, many parts of the United States are experiencing a major heat wave, with record-setting heat and heat indices over the next few weeks. As we have seen in the recent past, deaths are occurring from heat-related and possibly from participation in outside activities that increase the risk of heat-related illness.
During the month of August, many athletes train for the fall sports season, sometimes participating in two practices a day over the course of a few...
Source: Better Health - August 24, 2011 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: admin Tags: Health Tips Athletes Downed Electrical Lines Downed Trees Extreme Temperatures Fast-Moving Currents Flooding Fluids Heat Heat Wave Heat-Related Illness Hot Vehicles Hurricane Hydration injury Avoidance Lightning perspiratio Source Type: blogs
Brain Health Research offered by the Alliance for Aging ResearchEmail this article to a colleague.
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We just noticed that the Alliance for Aging Research offers an excellent list of references on Brain Health Research, organized in these 10 sections below. Enjoy!
#1 Nourish Your Noggin: Eat a Brain Healthy Diet
#2 Use It or Lose It: Stay Mentally Active
#3 Work Out for Your Wits: Exercise and Keep Fit
#4 Interact with Others: Stay Social
#5 Rest for Restoration: Get Plenty of Sleep
#6 Unwind for Your Mind: Manage Your Stress
#7 Guard Your Gray Matter: Protect Your Head
#8 Think Overall Health: Control Other Conditions
#9 Give Your Brain a Break: Avoid Unhealthy Habits
#10 Understand Your Risk: Consider Your Genes
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Source: SharpBrains - August 24, 2011 Category: Neurologists Authors: Sharpbrains Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Health & Wellness ACTIVE Alliance for Aging Research brain healthy diet brain-health brain-myths brain-research exercise genes gray-matter mentally mind nourish your noggin social Stress Use-It-or-Los Source Type: blogs
Is it Really Mind Over Matter? The Mind and Body Are OneEmail this article to a colleague.
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You have probably heard the phrase mind over matter, which implies the mind and matter are separable. Or maybe you have heard it’s all in your head, or it’s mental. Both of these phrases imply the separation of mind and brain (or body).
So to explore this issue, I’d like to share some videos that discuss the unity of mind-body. They can help us better understand how inseparable the mind and brain (body) really are.
Mind vs. Brain: In the above video, Yale psychologist Paul Bloom says, “The mind is a product of the brain. The mind is what the brain does.”
Can we overload our brains?
Steven...
Source: World of Psychology - August 24, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Jamie Hale Tags: brain and Behavior General Psychology Random brain Bits Abortion Debate Bad Behavior brain Chemistry brain Damage brains Dichotomy Fatal Flaws Incapacity Mental Disabilities Mind Altering Drugs Mind And Body Mind And Matter Source Type: blogs
Vaccine Ingredients: Non-Ionic Surfactants (Tween 80, Triton X-100, Nonoxynol-9)Email this article to a colleague.
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In conclusion, treatment of human and nonhuman cells with detergent at concentrations below the level that causes cytolysis induced apoptotic death.”
Cancer and Tween-80 Injections
Effects of repeated subcutaneous injection of Tween-80 in rats
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/5914564
“In the rats injected with Tween-80, 1 subcutaneous sarcoma was found at the site of injection, and 2 similar sarcomas were also found in the rats injected with Tween-80 and small amounts of 3′-me-DAB. In mice 2 subcutaneous sarcomas were induced by injections of Tween-80 alone. These results raise the possibility t...
Source: vactruth.com - August 23, 2011 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Jeffry John Aufderheide Tags: Jeffry John Aufderheide Top Stories Blood brain Barrier Cancer ischemia Nonoxynol-9 Triton X-100 Tween 80 Source Type: blogs
Decision Fatigue and Mental EnergyEmail this article to a colleague.
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This article Do You Suffer from Decision Fatigue over at the New York Times Magazine suggests that the very act of making a decision exacts a “biological cost”. Excerpt:
[...] No matter how rational and high-minded you try to be, you can’t make decision after decision without paying a biological price. It’s different from ordinary physical fatigue — you’re not consciously aware of being tired — but you’re low on mental energy. The more choices you make throughout the day, the harder each one becomes for your brain, and eventually it looks for shortcuts, usually in either of two very different way...
Source: David Seah - Design, Development, Inspiration, Empowerment - August 23, 2011 Category: Life Coaches Authors: Dave Seah Tags: Musings brain Source Type: blogs
Older Brains Better At Longer Term Strategy Games?Email this article to a colleague.
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Brains age and many research projects have shown younger minds perform better than older minds in tests of decision-making. But in a test where decisions at each step affected not only the immediate reward but also the size of future rewards eldery people beat college-age students in a mental game. We make decisions all our livesso you'd think we'd get better and better at it. Yet research has shown that younger adults are better decision makers than older ones. Some Texas psychologists, puzzled by these findings, suspected the experiments were biased toward younger brains. So, rather than testing the ability to make dec...
Source: FuturePundit - August 22, 2011 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Randall Parker Tags: brain Performance Source Type: blogs
MS Clogs My FunnelEmail this article to a colleague.
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I guess I think both in words and in pictures. As a writer, it’s kind of required that I use words but, in my mind, I oft see what multiple sclerosis is doing to me in misty cartoons and ghostly graphics.
I envision ‘brain floss’ to clear away the annoying plaques along my axons the way minty, flat-glide dental tape clears bits of barbeque from between my teeth. I could almost see the poison of Novantrone zapping new immune cells as they emerged from my bone marrow before they could make their way to a morning meal of my myelin. Lharmeet’s Sign looked like Igor flipping those big, nasty switches in Dr Frankenstein...
Source: Life with MS - August 22, 2011 Category: Other Conditions Authors: admin Tags: MS MS blog MS lifestyle MS management Multiple Sclerosis health brain cognitive ability with ms MS and Your Feelings multiple scelrosis multiple scelrosis opinion Source Type: blogs
Web Surfing at Work Helps You Be More Productive?Email this article to a colleague.
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Thank goodness the Wall Street Journal isn’t known for its outstanding health reporting.
In a story written by Rachel Emma Silverman, she reports on some preliminary research recently presented at a management conference. Like a lot of research that gives us “surprising” results, it was done on a single group of 96 undergraduate students at a single college campus.
And the task designed for the college laboratory setting by the researchers would be difficult to characterize as analogous to most people’s work environment or jobs — it was highlighting every single letter “e” or, in t...
Source: World of Psychology - August 22, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: John M. Grohol, PsyD Tags: brain and Behavior General Industrial and Workplace Minding the Media Money and Financial Psychology Research Stress Technology Browsing The Internet College Laboratory Control Group Gaming Entertainment Internet Group Letter E Source Type: blogs
Mental Health for MenEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Full Story – Soften the Fck Up
Mental health issues and young men, in an awareness campaign about depression, anxiety, suicide, shame, and social issues from male perspectives. Clips of personal narrative in a simple, accessible video. Check out other videos and the whole campaign at the Australian web site.
Source: Channel N - August 22, 2011 Category: Neurologists Authors: sandra at psychcentral.com (Sandra Kiume) Tags: All Interview PSA brain depression gender male mental health psychology social suicide video Source Type: blogs
Decision Fatigue And Conservation Of WillpowerEmail this article to a colleague.
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NY Times reporter John Tierney and researcher Roy Baumeister have written a book, Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength, about Baumeister's area of scientific research: how the brain's performance degrades when it has to make lots of decisions and when it is tired. A New York Times Mag article by Tierney surveys some of the findings from the book. If you make a group of decisions count on the later ones to be of lower quality. As they started picking features, customers would carefully weigh the choices, but as decision fatigue set in, they would start settling for whatever the default option was. And th...
Source: FuturePundit - August 21, 2011 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Randall Parker Tags: brain Performance Source Type: blogs
Dental care during pregnancyEmail this article to a colleague.
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For years, we’ve been told that a woman may experience dental problems during pregnancy. But popular wisdom has held that any extensive dental care to resolve a problem during pregnancy should be put on hold till after the baby is born to avoid any unanticipated issues with the treatment.
Now a study reports that it is imperative to resolve dental problems when they happen and not to wait till post-delivery. Apparently, the bacteria that may form as a result of dental problems can be transmitted to newborns in a number of ways common to mothering (you know, kissing your baby, feeding your baby, etc). Infants ar...
Source: Cord Blood News - August 20, 2011 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Joyce Tags: babies brain development Cord Blood parents pregnancy bacteria during pregnancy cord blood banking dental care during pregnancy Source Type: blogs
Why You Can’t Make a Good Decision at 5:00 pm: Decision FatigueEmail this article to a colleague.
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We live in the most prosperous society on Earth at this moment. You can walk into any Gap or Target store and choose from more than 2 dozen different types of jeans (and in some cases, more than 3 dozen).
All of that choice comes at a price, however. It’s called “decision fatigue” and its full impact is only starting to be fully understood by psychologists and researchers.
Our brains can suffer from “mental fatigue,” just as our bodies can become physically fatigued after a long workout. What is so surprising about this phenomenon is just how little people appreciate the importance of mental f...
Source: World of Psychology - August 18, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: John M. Grohol, PsyD Tags: brain and Behavior General Psychology Research Sleep Stress brains Choice Decision Clothes Buy Different Ways Dozen Different Types Energy Saver Fatigue Gap John Tierney Junk Food Lengthy Story Mental Energy Mental Fati Source Type: blogs
Cord blood bill signed into Florida lawEmail this article to a colleague.
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According to the Orlando Sentinel, a new bill in Florida last month requires health care providers to educate their clients about cord blood banking options, including public and private banks. In addition, the Florida Department of Health website has now included a link to a non commercial site, www.parentguidecordblood.org which explains the process of collecting cord blood at birth, the options, costs and accreditation. On this site is a cost comparison chart explaining initial and yearly costs for some private cord blood banks. Once you have done research on each bank, try to find the one that ...
Source: Cord Blood News - August 17, 2011 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Joyce Tags: babies brain development Cord Blood medical research parents pregnancy stem cells Uncategorized affordable cord blood banking bone marrow transplant cerebral palsy cord blood news cord blood processing cord blood research cord Source Type: blogs
Quiz: Do You Make Other People Happy?Email this article to a colleague.
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As put forth by the Second Splendid Truth:
One of the best ways to make yourself happy is to make other people happy;
One of the best ways to make other people is to be happy yourself.
Everyone accepts the Second Splendid Truth, Part A; the Second Splendid Truth, Part B often isn’t as clear to people.
But to focus on Part A here — how do you know if you’re making other people happy? What are some signs?
Are the following statements true for you:
Do people seem to feel comfortable confiding in you?
Do people follow your recommendations?
Are you a source of material comfort or security for someone else?
Do p...
Source: World of Psychology - August 17, 2011 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Authors: Gretchen Rubin Tags: brain and Behavior General Happiness Mental Health and Wellness Self-Help Birthday Presents Blind Dates Co Worker Focus Gestures Gratitude Happy People Material Comfort Milestone Mother\'S Day Negativity Bias Organization G Source Type: blogs
Study: Contrasting Brain Growth in Baby Humans and Baby ChimpanzeesEmail this article to a colleague.
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Charting Brain Growth in Humans and Chimps (New York Times):
– “Although baby humans and baby chimpanzees both start out with undeveloped forebrains, a new study reports that the human brain increases in volume much more rapidly early on.“
– “The growth is in a region of the brain known as the prefrontal cortex and is part of what makes humans cognitively advanced compared with other animals, including the chimpanzee, our closest relative. The prefrontal cortex plays a major role in decision-making, self-awareness and creative thinking.”
–> To learn more about study Differential Prefrontal White Matter Dev...
Source: SharpBrains - August 16, 2011 Category: Neurologists Authors: Sharpbrains Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience brain brain-growth cognitively creative thinking Decision-making forebrains planet of the apes prefrontal-cortex self-awareness Source Type: blogs
