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A short video on the brain and concussions
Click here for a short clip on concussions and the brain provided by CBC.
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Artificial intelligence pioneer aims to make computers learn like brains
From the Globe and Mail: Geoffrey Hinton, a pioneer in artificial intelligence, was awarded the country’s top science prize last week, the prestigious Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal. The prize by the Natural Sciences and ...
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Cognitive Electrophysiology: Signals of the Mind
A Tribute to Steven A. Hillyard A Satellite Symposium of the Cognitive Neuroscience Science Meeting Saturday, April 2, 2011, Ballroom A, Hyatt Regency San Francisco ______________________________________________________________...
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Meditation alters your grey matter, studies show
From the Globe and Mail: Move over cryptic crosswords and Sudoku, and make way for the ultimate mental workout. It’s called Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, or MBSR for short. Recent neuroscience research shows that novice...
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Scientists look to new imaging techniques to measure metals in the brain
From the Globe and Mail: We are metal heads. Our brains need iron, copper, manganese and zinc to function, yet there is growing evidence that these metals may play a role in Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease multiple...
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Trends in Cognitive Sciences: Table of Contents February 2011
The February issue of Trends in Cognitive Sciences is available online Volume 15, Issue 2, pp. 47-94 Review ________________________________________________________________________ _______________
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Former CFL players’ brains used to study link between concussions and disease
From the Globe and Mail: Concussion stories from Bobby Kuntz’s days with the Toronto Argonauts and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats made for family football folklore until a decade ago when they suddenly seemed bittersweet. Mr. Kuntz,...
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How Brains Are Built: Principles of Computational Neuroscience
From The Dana Foundation: Editor’s note: The goal of computational neuroscience is to understand the brain and its mechanisms well enough to artificially simulate their functions. In some areas, like hearing, vision, and pros...
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Emotional processing in anterior cingulate and medial prefrontal cortex
A. Etkinsend, T. Egner, R. Kalisch Article in Trends in Cognitive Sciences Abstract Negative emotional stimuli activate a broad network of brain regions, including the medial prefrontal (mPFC) and anterior cingulate (ACC) corti...
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The Brain Signature of Love
From The Dana Foundation: Study the literature of the world and you will find one theme that transcends both time and culture: that of love. Whether you are reading Shakespeare or Rumi, the manner in which love is described sho...