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Posted on Tuesday, 12th April 2011 by Jake Clutterbuck

As humans face increasing distractions in their personal and professional lives, University of British Columbia researchers have discovered that people can gain greater control over their thoughts with real-time brain feedback. The study is the world’s first investigation of how real-time functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) feedback from the brain region responsible for higher-order thoughts, [...]

Tags: Thoughts, Thoughts Better
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Posted on Thursday, 7th April 2011 by Jake Clutterbuck

Surprisingly, emotional eating doesn’t have to be a problem, says Michelle May, M.D. You aren’t eating it because you’re hungry, and you certainly aren’t trying to get your recommended daily allowance of calcium. Nope, you’re digging in because each creamy mouthful makes you feel inexplicably happy. Is that really so bad? Surprisingly, emotional eating doesn’t [...]

Tags: Emotional, Emotional Eater
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Posted on Monday, 4th April 2011 by Jake Clutterbuck

Patrik Verstreken (VIB/K.U.Leuven, Belgium) has discovered the mechanism that ensures neurons can continue to send the right signals for long consecutive periods – a process that is disrupted in neurological diseases such as Parkinson’s. Verstreken and his colleagues discovered that an enzyme called Skywalker controls the subtle balance in communication. “I hope that unraveling the [...]

Tags: Communication Neurons, Neurons
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Posted on Friday, 25th March 2011 by Jake Clutterbuck

The first study to examine the activity of hundreds of individual human brain cells during seizures has found that seizures begin with extremely diverse neuronal activity, contrary to the classic view that they are characterized by massively synchronized activity. The investigation by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Brown University researchers also observed pre-seizure changes in [...]

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Posted on Friday, 25th March 2011 by Jake Clutterbuck

John Memmer has struggled with his weight for quite some time, but recently dropped from 300 to 185 pounds. — John Memmer said his light bulb moment occurred when he couldn’t fit on an amusement park ride with his son. The 39-year-old auto insurance underwriter from Bloomington, Illinois, was on a family outing at a [...]

Tags: Weight, Weight Loss
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