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[NEWS] This is your brain on jazz: Study shows how brains see music as langugage

Could we communicate without language? It is probably yes. 

Recent research  showed that brain’s language regions (i.e., syntactic) were activated when jazz musician improvise with another musician. Interestingly, however, brain regions related with semantic were deactivate during the improvisation. Based on these results, author said that  “Semantics has more to do with the meaning of words. So, if music has semantics, it’s not processed in the way that is traditionally used for language.”

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Read more: http://www.ctvnews.ca/health/this-is-your-brain-on-jazz-study-shows-how-brains-see-music-as-language-1.1694667#ixzz2ved5z22w

[News] What's best: A man's brain or a woman's brain?

Power Struggle Between a Man and a Woman

There is a book named ‘Men are from Mars and women are from Venus’.

The neuroscientist have revealed that this theory doesn’t have any scientific evidence to prove differences between men and women. The neuroscience expert Gina Rippon, a professor at the ashton University in Birmingham, Britain, said that our brain is changed by the social role which makes us play as the one of the social society. Additionally, as the brain is muscle, it can be exercised in accordance with duty which is required to do.

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Read more: http://www.india.com/whatever/whats-best-a-mans-brain-or-a-womans-brain-21107/

[News] Are musicians better lanuage learners?

In these days, To prepare the fast-paced word or our own future life, many children are needed some ability such as intelligence ability, language skills and so on. The researchers have revealed that the children who learned the music under the 7-year-old can learn other languages easier than those who did not learn the music. This means that the music training can make our language ability more powerful. Under the evolutionary evidence and scientific evidence, the reason why the neural networks involved with the language and music can be explained.

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Read More: http://www.theguardian.com/education/2014/feb/27/musicians-better-language-learners

[News] Do brain games really boost brain power?

A lot of people do the brain games such as the sudoku, cross-word puzzles and so on for improving their brain ability.

Brain games can make us do the games well by finding the number or words over and over again. That is, these games can improve our specific brain functions which can be trained. However these games cannot make other key ability( for example decision making, planning, judging) be powerful.

Then, how can we make our brain power boost? In this news, some tips are written.

Tip 1. Eliminate multitasking

Tip 2. Get away from the technology –just only for 30 minutes

Tip 3. Stop the rote thinking and Do the inspired thinking

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Link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandra-bond-chapman/do-brain-games-really-boo_b_4859468.html

[TED] Andres Lozano: Parkinson's, depression and the switch that might turn them off

Deep brain stimulation is becoming very precise. This technique allows surgeons to place electrodes in almost any area of the brain, and turn them up or down - like a radio dial or thermostat - to correct dysfunction. Andres Lozano offers a dramatic look at emerging techniques, in which a woman with Parkinson’s instantly stops shaking and brain areas eroded by Alzheimer’s are brought back to life. 

See more: http://www.ted.com/talks/andres_lozano_parkinson_s_depression_and_the_switch_that_might_turn_them_off.html

[NEWS] High-Intensity Exercise Curbs Junk Food Cravings

Do you have interesting to promote your weight loss? 

If you yes, there are interesting study related with exercise and craving of junk foods. Despite the body’s need for energy after high-intensity exercises, a new study reported that people are less likely to crave junk foods compared with before exercise.  If you want to loss weight, thus, just do it.  

Read more: http://www.counselheal.com/articles/8498/20140131/high-intensity-exercise-curbs-junk-food-cravings.htm 

[News] NeuroOn Sleep Mask Helps You Power Nap; Users May Abandon Longer Sleep Schedule

Nowadays many people are suffered from insomnia. This invention, called NeuroOn, is a sleeping eye mask helps people to sleep efficiently.

This mask has brain wave sensors that collect eye movement information during sleep. 

Using these sensors, this mask analyzes the duration of REM sleep, evaluates sleep quality, and even wakes people up.

NeuroOn-Prototype

(Photo courtesy of IntelliClinic)

Read more: http://www.medicaldaily.com/new-neuroon-sleep-mask-helps-you-power-nap-users-may-abandon-longer-sleep-schedule-267221

[Sites] Whole brain atlas from several modalities

You can see the brain atlas from several modalities (fMRI, MRI, PET, etc…) for a various of diseases and normal brain.

http://www.med.harvard.edu/AANLIB

[Article] An electroconvulsive therapy procedure impairs reconsolidation of episodic memories in humans

A recent research implies that electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) helps depressed patients to forget out their painful memories.

By inhibiting memory recall process using ECT, researchers found that participants’ ability to remember details of painful memory was impaired.

Moreover, they found that the effect of ECT was dependent on time, so that therapy might be effective for prolonged time.

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(News) Erasing Painful Memories With Shock Treatment

http://healthland.time.com/2013/12/22/erasing-painful-memories-with-shock-treatment/

(Article) An electroconvulsive therapy procedure impairs reconsolidation of episodic memories in humans

http://www.nature.com/neuro/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nn.3609.html