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Listening to Music with One’s Eyes Closed Is Healthier

dasha — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:49:49 +0000

Psychotherapeutic effect of music heightens if you listen to it with your eyes closed, according to researchers at Tel Aviv University in Israel. The experiment showed that listening to music with one’s eyes closed caused more active response from the brain.(...)
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Our Brain Stores Memories That Seem Forgotten

dasha — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:50:15 +0000

А woman looks familiar to you, but you can’t remember her name or where you saw her? According to a new University of California study, the memory about it exists – you simply have no access to it.

Using advanced brain imaging methods, the scientists found that a person’s brain activity at the moment of remembering an event is similar to when it was experienced, even if a person can’t remember any details. Jeff Johnson, lead author of the study published in the journal Neuron, says that if the information is still there, there is a chance to retrieve it.

Inside an MPT scanner, the students were shown words and asked to do various tasks: imagine how an artist would draw the object named by the word or say the word backward in their minds. At this moment the scanner captured the brain activity. About 20 minutes later, students were shown the words again and asked to recall all details about them. Again, the scanner captured their brain activity. The scientists conclude that this shows the brain stores the information about all events, even if a person thinks it’s long forgotten.

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Obesity Is Proved to Damage Brain

tania — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:44:47 +0000

The list of the insidious influence of obesity on different parts of the human body is growing larger by year. It has long been known that obesity poses threats of certain kinds of cancer, asthma, high blood pressure, heart diseases and diabetes.

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Canine Abilities Come Close to Those of Human Babies

tania — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 21:18:45 +0000

We all know that dogs exceed most animals in intelligence, but how far can their abilities reach? Humans are interested enough in that to conduct research, and some of us may get a surprise at the facts that come to light.

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Sex without Condom Is Good for Your Brain

tania — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:13:17 +0000

Having sex without a condom is beneficial for your mental health, according to a shocking study, conducted by a leading Scottish psychologist Stuart Brody from the West of Scotland University. He concluded that unprotected heterosexual intercourse can immensely improve men and women’s mental health.(...)
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How Long Does It Take for a Good Habit to Set in?

tania — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:07:56 +0000

Bad habits, for instance smoking, drugs, and alcohol abuse, develop quite easily because they have a very strong backbone – excitement of pleasure centers in the brain. On the other hand, it takes time do feel pleasure from jogging or taking a walk.

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Coffee Strengthens Memory

tania — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:24:35 +0000

Two cups of coffee a day will improve your memory, scientists of Byrd Alzheimer’s Institute in Florida discovered. According to their research, caffeine has been proved to be capable for restoring nervous cells that are damaged by Alzheimer’s disease.

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The Right Ear Is More Responsive

tania — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:29:36 +0000

Scientists from the Gabriele d’Annunzio University of Chieti, Pescara (Italy) discovered that people most commonly prefer to be addressed in their right ear. It turns out, that if you want to ask a person about something, talk in their right ear. How did they find it?

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Insomnia Will Be Cooled Down

tania — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:18:59 +0000

Scientists from the Pittsburgh University (USA) suggested a new method for treating insomnia – using a special cooling cap. They studied the effect of reduction of temperature on the activity of the core of the brain in people suffering from insomnia.

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Scientists Discovered a Hormone that Successfully Treats Obesity

tania — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:43:50 +0000

A new hormone was recently discovered, Prokineticin2, which, according to the scientists from the Imperial College, London (Great Britain), can become an effective weight reduction agent.

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Diet-Control Mechanism in Brain Discovered

tania — Mon, 25 May 2009 06:01:09 +0000

Scientists from the California Institute of Technology have detected brain zones responsible for choosing between tasty and healthy food. In the study, they selected healthy food enthusiasts who additionally stuck to low-calorie diet.

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How Weather Helps Develop Intellect

tania — Thu, 14 May 2009 22:08:09 +0000

Cold weather helps develop our intellect, claim scientists of the University of New South Wales. They interviewed people on the streets and in supermarkets, asking them to do various intellectual tests. Scientists also considered the weather on days the interviews were held.

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Born To Be Skinny – Doctors Unveil Anorexia Causes

tania — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 12:35:27 +0000

According to recent revolutionary findings made by medical scientists, anorexia, an eating disorder that has long been thought to be caused by women’s inclination to look like skinny celebrity (...)
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Riddle about the Prisoner Princess

Geniusbeauty.com — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 00:01:11 +0000

Princess, confined in dungeon, can break out if she solves the following riddle. She has two doors in front of her, one opens to freedom, the other is a way to death. She meets two guards at the doors. One of them can be either a “liar”(...)
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Doodling Helps Remembering

tania — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 22:00:30 +0000

British scientists believe that doodling during boring lectures or long phone calls does not distract our attention, but rather helps us remember more of what we hear.

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Riddle about Cinderella

Geniusbeauty.com — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 23:20:08 +0000

Some of you were really missing brain games, according to the messages you sent me. So, here’s the new brainteaser, try to solve it! The wicked stepmother gave the following task to Cinderella: she had to sort a sack (...)
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Physical Exercises Increase Brain Volume

tania — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 00:19:48 +0000

Scientists from the University of Illinois and the University of Pittsburgh have found promising and simple ways for seniors to stimulate their brain structures, thus improving different types of memory.

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39 Is the Smartest Age – We Think Slower After 40

tania — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:46:46 +0000

Surprisingly, our brain cells start dying as we turn twenty. When we reach that age, the number of our neurons is increasingly dropping. But this is a natural process of aging that has no impact on our intellectual ability. Alternatively, our brain activity increases every year. There is a stopover on the way, though. According to scientists from the University of California, LA, when we turn 39, our thought processes stop gathering pace and decline slowly.(...)
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Memory Improving Foods

Geniusbeauty.com — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:47:06 +0000

Lots of people experience memory problems during the fall and winter seasons because of the lack of energy. What can we do about it? The answer is simple. Eat more foods that help enhance the memory, such as spinach, blueberries and pumpkin seeds, as well as lift our spirits and performance. Make sure you get at least one item from the list below into your daily diet to boost your memory.(...)
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Exercising Protects Brain and Enhances Memory

Geniusbeauty.com — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 21:16:28 +0000

Being more physically active means protecting your brain and improve your memory, according to scientists at Cheng Kung University, Taiwan. In their opinion, physical activity stimulates the formation of special agents in the brain which, in their turn, encourage quicker maturation of stem calls into neurons. During the experiment the scientists used running wheel for a group of mice. The mice from the control group were only eating and sleeping.(...)
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