<feed version="0.3" xml:lang="en-us" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><generator>Plime/1</generator><title>Special 'vitamin' can prevent baby brain disorders : ATOM 0.3</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/"/><tagline>Special 'vitamin' can prevent baby brain disorders : ATOM 0.3</tagline><author><name>www.plime.com</name><email>plime@plime.com</email></author><copyright>2009, www.plime.com.</copyright><modified>2009-11-28T19:51:04+01:00</modified><entry><title><![CDATA[Special 'vitamin' can prevent baby brain disorders]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/101363/1/" /><id>101363</id><summary><![CDATA[Special 'vitamin' can prevent baby brain disorders]]></summary><issued>2009-03-22T07:03:49+01:00</issued><modified>2009-03-22T07:03:49+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Scientists have found a special supplement that can prevent a common brain disorder in babies, if women take it during pregnancy.]]></content></entry><hr size='1' class='line' noshade/><div style='padding-top:20px;height:300px;margin-right:10px;float:left;'><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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</script></div><entry><title><![CDATA[Scientists find optimism area in brain ]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/39549/1/" /><id>39549</id><summary><![CDATA[Scientists find optimism area in brain ]]></summary><issued>2007-10-25T11:24:39+01:00</issued><modified>2007-10-25T11:24:39+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A person's optimism in the future seems to be controlled by a small front part of the mid-brain.<br/><br/>In a related story scientists give up on finding pessimism part of brain...  what's the point... (sigh)]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Jealousy spot on the brain identified by scientists]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/96867/1/" /><id>96867</id><summary><![CDATA[Jealousy spot on the brain identified by scientists]]></summary><issued>2009-02-28T03:42:30+01:00</issued><modified>2009-02-28T03:42:30+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[There is a monster living inside your brain &#8211; the green-eyed one, in fact.<br/><br/>The area of the brain which controls jealousy has been found, scientists have &#173;announced.<br/><br/>It is the same part which detects real physical pain &#8211; perhaps explaining why feeling envious of your lover's philandering ways hurts so much.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Harvard Scientists Build a Device to Smoke Weed During Brain Scan]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/99537/1/" /><id>99537</id><summary><![CDATA[Harvard Scientists Build a Device to Smoke Weed During Brain Scan]]></summary><issued>2009-03-13T15:15:12+01:00</issued><modified>2009-03-13T15:15:12+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Smoking during a brain scan is not easy.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[First phase of simulated brain complete]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/109115/1/" /><id>109115</id><summary><![CDATA[First phase of simulated brain complete]]></summary><issued>2009-04-23T03:25:41+01:00</issued><modified>2009-04-23T03:25:41+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Scientists have been able to recreate 'thoughts and memories' for a small part of the brain, and think that scaling the project to a full brain is <i>only a question of money.</i>]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Right Brain vs. Left Brain:  Creativity Test]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/29876/1/" /><id>29876</id><summary><![CDATA[Right Brain vs. Left Brain:  Creativity Test]]></summary><issued>2007-08-01T23:17:18+01:00</issued><modified>2007-08-01T23:17:18+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Being creative or artistic doesn&#8217;t mean you know how to draw or play an instrument. Being creative is a way of thinking, a way of viewing the world. <br/>Creative people use the RIGHT side of their brains more than the LEFT. Take the test and find out if your brain is RIGHT for a creative career.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Rutgers Research Identifies Brain Cells Related to Fear and PTSD]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/68826/1/" /><id>68826</id><summary><![CDATA[Rutgers Research Identifies Brain Cells Related to Fear and PTSD]]></summary><issued>2008-07-15T10:52:10+01:00</issued><modified>2008-07-15T10:52:10+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[About 40 million adults will suffer from some form of anxiety disorder, including phobias, panic disorders and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).  It is estimated that nearly 15 percent of U.S. soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan develop PTSD. This research by Rutgers is hoped to point to new methods of treatment.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Brain cell hope for hearing loss]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/84030/1/" /><id>84030</id><summary><![CDATA[Brain cell hope for hearing loss]]></summary><issued>2008-12-09T08:27:44+01:00</issued><modified>2008-12-09T08:27:44+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Scientists believe a transplant of brain cells may one day be able to reverse a common form of hearing loss.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Milestone In The Regeneration Of Brain Cells]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/32812/1/" /><id>32812</id><summary><![CDATA[Milestone In The Regeneration Of Brain Cells]]></summary><issued>2007-08-23T10:55:10+01:00</issued><modified>2007-08-23T10:55:10+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A research group has achieved an additional step for the potential replacement of damaged brain cells after injury or disease: functional nerve cells can be generated from astroglia, a type of supportive cells in the brain by means of special regulator proteins.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[New Toys Read Brain Waves]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/technology/l/18493/1/" /><id>18493</id><summary><![CDATA[New Toys Read Brain Waves]]></summary><issued>2007-04-30T10:56:47+01:00</issued><modified>2007-04-30T10:56:47+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A convincing twin of Darth Vader stalks the beige cubicles of a Silicon Valley office, complete with ominous black mask, cape and light saber. But this is no chintzy Halloween costume. It's a prototype, years in the making, of a toy that incorporates brain wave-reading technology.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[A Look Inside A Baby's Brain  ]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/10498/1/" /><id>10498</id><summary><![CDATA[A Look Inside A Baby's Brain  ]]></summary><issued>2007-02-10T10:27:20+01:00</issued><modified>2007-02-10T10:27:20+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Scientists are challenging our understanding of what babies know. Richard Roth visited a research facility where scientists are investigating.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[See What Other See Through Brain Imaging]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/53384/1/" /><id>53384</id><summary><![CDATA[See What Other See Through Brain Imaging]]></summary><issued>2008-03-06T13:42:37+01:00</issued><modified>2008-03-06T13:42:37+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Brain Imaging test results suggest that it may soon be possible to reconstruct a picture of a person&#8217;s visual experience from measurements of brain activity alone. It may even be possible to &#8220;see&#8221; someone else&#8217;s dream.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[The Legal Brain: How Does the Brain Make Judgments about Crimes?]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/91270/1/" /><id>91270</id><summary><![CDATA[The Legal Brain: How Does the Brain Make Judgments about Crimes?]]></summary><issued>2009-01-27T08:58:27+01:00</issued><modified>2009-01-27T08:58:27+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A new imaging study reveals which area of the brain plays a key role in these cognitive processes.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Area Of Brain That Makes A 'People Person' Discovered]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/115917/1/" /><id>115917</id><summary><![CDATA[Area Of Brain That Makes A 'People Person' Discovered]]></summary><issued>2009-05-21T04:56:25+01:00</issued><modified>2009-05-21T04:56:25+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Researchers have discovered that whether someone is a 'people-person' may depend on the structure of their brain: the greater the concentration of brain tissue in certain parts of the brain, the more likely they are to be a warm, sentimental person.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Artificial brain could be reality in just 10 years]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/128792/1/" /><id>128792</id><summary><![CDATA[Artificial brain could be reality in just 10 years]]></summary><issued>2009-07-23T15:45:44+01:00</issued><modified>2009-07-23T15:45:44+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Henry Makram, director of the Blue Brain Project, has already simulated elements of a rat brain. 'It is not impossible to build a human brain. We can do it in 10 years,' he told the conference.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Why women cannot read maps and men lose their keys]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/96149/1/" /><id>96149</id><summary><![CDATA[Why women cannot read maps and men lose their keys]]></summary><issued>2009-02-24T09:05:33+01:00</issued><modified>2009-02-24T09:05:33+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Researchers discovered that a brain region called the parietal lobe, which governs spatial awareness, is active in both men and women when they admire a &quot;beautiful&quot; picture or photograph. But while neurons on both sides of the brain were stimulated in women, only those in the right hemisphere were activated in men.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Revealed: The brain flaw 'that causes compulsive behaviour']]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/42525/1/" /><id>42525</id><summary><![CDATA[Revealed: The brain flaw 'that causes compulsive behaviour']]></summary><issued>2007-11-26T08:48:27+01:00</issued><modified>2007-11-26T08:48:27+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Scientists have shown that obsessive compulsive disorder is linked to differences in brain structure in a breakthrough that could lead to new treatments for the condition. OCD, in which obsessive thoughts drive sufferers to carry out bizarre and repetitive rituals, affects up to 3 per cent of the population. Symptoms may include repeated hand-washing, the constant need to check doors are locked and the arranging of items in a specific order.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Oldest fossilized brain found in fish from Midwest]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/97390/1/" /><id>97390</id><summary><![CDATA[Oldest fossilized brain found in fish from Midwest]]></summary><issued>2009-03-03T07:40:42+01:00</issued><modified>2009-03-03T07:40:42+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A 300-million-year-old fossilized brain has been discovered by researchers studying a type of fish that once lived in what is now Kansas and Oklahoma.<br/><br/>&quot;Fossilized brains are unusual, and this is by far the oldest known example,&quot; said John Maisey.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Accidental Discovery Leads To Brain Surgery To Reverser Loss Of Memory]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/48844/1/" /><id>48844</id><summary><![CDATA[Accidental Discovery Leads To Brain Surgery To Reverser Loss Of Memory]]></summary><issued>2008-01-29T23:02:30+01:00</issued><modified>2008-01-29T23:02:30+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[During an experimental brain surgery to reduce a patient's appetite, surgeons triggered a d&#233;j&#224; vu event. The patient had vivid and precise memories of something that happened 30 years ago. The possibilities of this being used to help Alzheimer's patients are being investigated.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[New Gel can be injected into the brain to cure injuries]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/132268/1/" /><id>132268</id><summary><![CDATA[New Gel can be injected into the brain to cure injuries]]></summary><issued>2009-09-03T05:53:22+01:00</issued><modified>2009-09-03T05:53:22+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Scientists have developed a gel that might help speed up recovery from brain injury. Once injected into the affected area, it can help stimulate recovery and growth of new cells.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Physical Fitness Improves Spatial Memory, Increases Size Of Brain Structure]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/97530/1/" /><id>97530</id><summary><![CDATA[Physical Fitness Improves Spatial Memory, Increases Size Of Brain Structure]]></summary><issued>2009-03-03T22:03:49+01:00</issued><modified>2009-03-03T22:03:49+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[When it comes to the hippocampus, a brain structure vital to certain types of memory, size matters. Numerous studies have shown that bigger is usually better. Now researchers have found that elderly adults who are more physically fit tend to have bigger hippocampi and better spatial memory than those who are less fit.]]></content></entry></feed>