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).
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).
Please find the more detailed information in the following link:
http://news.sciencemag.org/brain-behavior/2013/11/monkeys-use-minds-control-avatar-arms
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
The news introduces a new research study that the genius of Einstein may come from the connectivity between two hemispheres.
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 :)
Consuming caffeine can disturb one’s deep sleep. And reduced deep sleep can make the brain of teenager loose because the brain of teenager is more plastic than adult.
Some researchers have revealed that over-consumption of caffeine can affect the behavior by experimenting the rats.
Read more: http://www.ibtimes.com/caffeine-may-delay-brain-development-teenagers-1410700
Stephen Hawking recently said that brain is like a computer, so it can possibly exist alive after physical death.
Even though he said it is a long way off to realize the thought, this opinion could shake people’s belief about afterlife.
A documentary movie about his life will be released soon in UK.
Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/sep/21/stephen-hawking-brain-outside-body
The weight of most smokers increase about a couple of kilos when they quit smoking. This is not due to an increased calorie intake, but to a change in the composition of the intestinal flora after quitting smoking. This evidence was provided in a study supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) suggests (Biedermann et al., PLoS One, 2013).
Detailed information can be found in the following link:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130829093032.htm
http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0059260
When an individual is close to death, he/she may re-experience some events in the past very clearly, like a phantasmagoria.
By reading this article, we may learn how the phantasmagoria is possible.
In a study introduced in this article, the researchers found sharp increase in EEG gamma band power when rats were dying.
(Oscillations in gamma band have been known as the important indicator of conscious state.)
I hope this article attracts your interest.
Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/science/head-quarters/2013/aug/12/dying-brains-conscious-experience