Seminar Papers

[News] Can't resist chocolate cake? Blame your brain

Some people can’t pass away the bakery or sweet treatment shop. There are some reasons in our brain.

Scientists have found that some of us are hard-wired to enjoy the sugary food. So, the human brain reacts differently to the sugary foods such as chocolate, cake, and so on.

If you are interested in this article, please click the below link.

Read more: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/10494729/Cant-resist-chocolate-cake-Blame-your-brain.html

[News] How does Virtual-reality Therapy for PTSD work?

The virtual-reality therapy is usually used for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) patients increasingly. This therapy makes the patient confront their trauma virtually and overcome from the trauma.

Even though the quarter of patient can recover from own jury, these method which makes the patient face to their trauma also can restore patients’ memory.

It indicates that the virtual-reality therapy is not always good therapy for PTSD patients.

Read more: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=how-does-virtual-reality-therapy-fo

[News] Bangor University: Brain research looks at how we shop

In this news, the researchers were trying to find out how the brain works under the situation of supermarket bargains.

The study have focused on the rational and emotional workings of the brain while shopping.

As the result, the brain can work logically or rationally for around 40 min. after beginning weekly shop.

If you interested in detail, please click below link.

Read more:  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-24995031

[News] Economic Stress Linked To Poor Brain Development In Children: Could Money Improve Children's Ability To Learn?

The team including the economist, neuroscientist, psychologist will conduct the experiment to explore how the economic stress affect the brain of fatus. In this article, previous study and how to divide into two groups (experimental group and control group).

Read more : http://m.medicaldaily.com/economic-stress-linked-poor-brain-development-children-could-money-improve-childrens-ability-learn

[News] How being sociable can boost your brain: Parts of the organ are bigger and better connected in people with lots of friends.

If we have more friends or more sociable character, we have more bigger and better connection in brain. This finding comes from Oxford University.

Especially there are strong connection between the various brain regions related the sociability including anterior cingulate cortex (ACC).

Read more:  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2504591/How-sociable-boost-brain-Parts-organ-bigger-better-connected-people-lots-friends.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490

[News] Your liver may be 'Eating' your brain

The protein called PPARalpha is shared in both the liver and the hippocampus.

The liver uses this protein to burn the abdominal fat, while the hippocampus uses this to process memory. If the there is depleted PPARalpha in the liver, this protein is brought to burn belly fat from the brain. Finally, the deficit of PPARalpha in the brain, especially hippocampus, causes the memory loss or learning problem.

Read more: http://www.livescience.com/40440-your-liver-may-be-eating-your-brain.html

[News] Einstein's brain: Connectivity between two hemispheres

The news introduces a new research study that the genius of Einstein may come from the connectivity between two hemispheres. 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/10358973/Einsteins-genius-may-be-due-to-a-well-connected-brain.html

[Slide] The Know-how I wish I knew when I entered graduate school (Prof. Yoon Sup Choi, Seoul National University)

I have found these set of slides on the internet. He said that some kinds of know-how to spend the period of graduate school through this slides. I think it could be helpful and interesting to us.

If you are interested in this, please click under link :)

Read more: http://www.slideshare.net/pelexus/2013-ust-ot