Seminar Papers
Researches have found that psilocybin (the active chemical in psychedelic mushrooms) inhibits fear-related neural activity and weakens the processing of the anxiety inducing stimuli.
Read more: http://bit.ly/1kMGPC8
Original paper: http://bit.ly/1inKhF2
Self-expanding activities are helpful to those who want to quit smoking.
Smokers who engaged in a series of two-player cooperative game with their relationship appears to reduce craving for nicotine.
Brain regions which plays role for major reward are more activated in smoking group who performs the ‘self-expanding’ activities than non-expanding conditions.
Read more: http://www.newswise.com/articles/want-to-quit-smoking-new-study-says-try-self-expanding-activities
The one year has been passed since Obama, President of US, announced the Brain Initiative.
Connectome of mouse and fatal brain has been revealed in a one year. In this news, how the brain mapping is developed in one year and why the brain mapping is on the way of milestones.
Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/22/science/brain-mapping-milestones.html?_r=0
Yoga is one of the way to make our mental calm or relieve. This yoga came out that it can change the brain volumes.
The somatosensory cortex, superior parietal cortex is enlarged in the brain of yogis. Moreover, the hippocampus which has the role of diminishing the stress also have the large volume.
If you are interested in this article, please click the figure or following link
Link: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-yoga-changes-the-brain/http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-yoga-changes-the-brain/
When we watch a movie, our brains activate immediately in a similar way to brains of other people.
Researchers at Aalto university in Finland have succeeded in developing a method fast enough to observe immediate changes in the function of the brain even when watching a movie.
(image courtesy of sciencedaily.com)
Read more: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140407090615.htm
Original journal paper here: http://bit.ly/1sw0v34
Scientist at Allen Institute for Brain Science in Seattle reported the most precise maps of the human fatal brain based on gene activity. More detailed information can be found at the following link:
http://www.wired.com/2014/04/scientists-map-developing-human-brain/#disqus_thread
We have already known the importance of the sleep. In addition to our background knowledge, there is some scientific evidence.
According to the paper published in journal of neuroscience, the mice which the sleep is deprived has less brain cell.
Even though this result is from the mice, human can have similar phenomenon. Moreover, the mental disorder or mood depression will be able to be studied with sleep deprival.
If you interested in this news, please click the following link or figure.
Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/health-26630647
Many people wonder the relation between IQ and brain. There are some evidence which can explain the link between IQ and brain cortex.
To jump to the conclusion, the thickness of brain cortex is associated with the IQ. The more the thickness of cortex, the higher IQ is.
If you interested in this article, please click the following link or click the figure :-)
Read more: https://reporter.mcgill.ca/new-evidence-confirms-link-between-iq-and-brain-cortex/
What is the definition of the beauty? The neuroscientist have found that the mathematician’s brain which is involved to feel the beauty activates to the fascinated equation such as Euler’s formula. This activated region is A1 field of the medial orbitofrontal cortex. Orbitofrontal cortex is known for playing a role of response to visual and musical beauty.
If you interested in this news, please click the following link.
Read More: http://www.nature.com/news/equations-are-art-inside-a-mathematician-s-brain-1.14825
