Being creative or artistic doesn’t mean you know how to draw or play an instrument. Being creative is a way of thinking, a way of viewing the world.
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. picked by ogri2003 2 years ago

Scientists say for the first time they have understood someone's thoughts by looking at what their brain is doing. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

Why are some people smarter than others? In a new article describes how certain aspects of brain structure and function help determine how easily we learn new things, and how learning capacity contributes to individual differences in intelligence. picked by Bingo 4 months ago

Pinpointing the brain regions involved in optimism and positive thinking about the future, the researchers said, may also have shed light on what might be going wrong in people with depression. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

OK so this isn't BRAIN SURGERY but...oh wait a sec...it IS brain surgery!! So they make the patient's body temp about 91°F to help them survive brain surgery longer. Cool factor > ick factor for sure picked by Moe 2 years ago

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 only a question of money. picked by Ankabout 7 months ago

A person's optimism in the future seems to be controlled by a small front part of the mid-brain.

In a related story scientists give up on finding pessimism part of brain... what's the point... (sigh) picked by proverb 2 years ago

Brain Imaging test results suggest that it may soon be possible to reconstruct a picture of a person’s visual experience from measurements of brain activity alone. It may even be possible to “see” someone else’s dream. picked by MandolinOrange 2 years ago

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. picked by kakana 4 months ago

A new imaging study reveals which area of the brain plays a key role in these cognitive processes. picked by karenben 10 months ago

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. picked by karenben 6 months ago

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. picked by Ankabout 3 months ago

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. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

In what has been described as a step towards the creation of a synthetic cell, scientists have created a new "engineered" strain of bacteria.

A team successfully transferred the genome of one type of bacteria into a yeast cell, modified it, and then transplanted into another bacterium. picked by AutumnLotus 3 months ago

Good news for gamers: engaging in activities like playing some games might help fight off aging-related mental decline. picked by meggysue 3 months ago

Figuring out how the brain recognizes objects is an important step in building robots that can see. What seems a simple task, recognizing that a sleeping dog and a running dog are both dogs is something that computers can't duplicate. New research is looking to change that. picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

There is a monster living inside your brain – the green-eyed one, in fact.

The area of the brain which controls jealousy has been found, scientists have ­announced.

It is the same part which detects real physical pain – perhaps explaining why feeling envious of your lover's philandering ways hurts so much. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

Oxford researchers, together with colleagues in Norway, examined the effect that the three products had on memory and thinking among more than 2,000 people aged between 70 and 74. They found that wine had the most pronounced single effect, while those who regularly consumed all three in modest amounts performed best in a series of brain tests. picked by suebe 11 months ago

An international team of scientists has developed salt-tolerant plants using a new type of genetic modification (GM), bringing salt-tolerant cereal crops a step closer to reality.

Salinity affects agriculture worldwide, which means the results of this research could impact on world food production and security. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

Just how desperate are you to lose weight - desperate enough to have electrodes implanted in your brain? That's the latest approach to tackling obesity now being tested. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago