Slow reading in dyslexia tied to disorganized brain tracts Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
Dyslexia marked by poor reading fluency — slow and choppy reading — may be caused by disorganized, meandering tracts of nerve fibers in the brain, according to researchers. Their study, using the latest imaging methods, gives researchers a glimpse of what may go wrong in the structure of some dyslexic readers’ brains that makes it difficult to integrate the information needed for rapid, “automatic” reading.
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New Toys Read Brain Waves Posted: 3 years ago by AutumnLotus
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.
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Twilight of Books Posted: 2 years ago by 2manyusernames
What will life be like when people stop reading? Reading for pleasure seems to be a fast downslide, not just in America but world-wide. It is even more alarming that it appears that it isn't just a loss of will to read, but a loss of reading ability.
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Area Of Brain That Makes A 'People Person' Discovered Posted: 6 months ago by karenben
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.
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Dyslexia Takes On Different Forms In Other Languages Posted: 2 months ago by 2manyusernames
English speaking people with dyslexia may have to struggle quite a bit to get by. Other languages, such as Chinese represent an even greater challenge. It isn't just the greater complexity of the written language but the different way the brain translates the written word that also plays a part.
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Physical Fitness Improves Spatial Memory, Increases Size Of Brain Structure Posted: 9 months ago by AutumnLotus
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.
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Reading This Will Change Your Brain--The Ultimate Gadget Posted: 1 year ago by stinkobinko
A dramatic shift in how we gather information and communicate with one another has touched off an era of rapid evolution that may ultimately change the human brain as we know it
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See What Other See Through Brain Imaging Posted: 2 years ago by MandolinOrange
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.
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A step closer to reading the mind Posted: 9 months ago by AutumnLotus
Scientists say for the first time they have understood someone's thoughts by looking at what their brain is doing.
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Hidden method of reading revealed Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
The mystery of how we read a sentence has been unlocked by scientists. Previously, researchers thought that, when reading, both eyes focused on the same letter of a word. But a UK team has found this is not always the case. In fact, almost 50% of the time, each of our eyes locks on to different letters simultaneously.
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Green tea may slow prostate cancer Posted: 5 months ago by AutumnLotus
Green tea may help slow the advance of prostate cancer, claim researchers.
Men with the disease who consumed the active ingredients found in green tea had lower levels of markers that predict its progress, a US study has found.
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Hinode: source of the slow solar wind and superhot flares (video) Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
A plethora of latest results from the Hinode solar observatory contains a wealth of new discoveries. This includes the discovery of a source of the slow solar wind and the observation of a superhot micro flare.
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Female tutors best for boys' reading Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
The reading skills of young male students may improve more when boys are tutored by women, a Canadian study shows, contradicting some school policies to hire male teachers to improve boys' literacy.
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Japanese researchers make brain tissues from stem cells Posted: 1 year ago by karenben
Japanese researchers said Thursday they had created functioning human brain tissues from stem cells, a world first that has raised new hopes for the treatment of disease.
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The Legal Brain: How Does the Brain Make Judgments about Crimes? Posted: 10 months ago by karenben
A new imaging study reveals which area of the brain plays a key role in these cognitive processes.
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Quantum doughnuts slow and freeze light at will Posted: 9 months ago by AutumnLotus
Research led by the University of Warwick has found a way to use doughnut shaped by-products of quantum dots to slow and even freeze light, opening up a wide range of possibilities from reliable and effective light based computing to the possibility of "slow glass".
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Poisonous Primate - The Slow Loris Posted: 5 months ago by pocksucket
Being the only primate to produce venom doesn't make life easy for the Slow Loris. Superstition, ruthless traders and an inevitable lack of speed mean their prospects for a long and easy life are not good.
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How Is Babby Formed - Dramatic Reading Of A Yahoo Answer Posted: 1 year ago by doggylives
I think this is the same guy who did the Dramatic Reading Of A Breakup Letter
Make sure you have volume turned on.
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Eating less meat may slow climate change Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
Eating less meat could help slow global warming by reducing the number of livestock and thereby decreasing the amount of methane flatulence from the animals.
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Why Time Seems to Slow Down in Emergencies Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
In The Matrix, the hero Neo could dodge bullets because time moved in slow motion for him during battles. Indeed, in the real world, people in danger often feel as if time slowed down for them. This warping of time apparently does not result from the brain speeding up from adrenaline when in danger. Instead, this feeling seems to be an illusion, scientists now find.
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Rat-brain robot aids memory study Posted: 1 year ago by cycostinkoman
A robot controlled by a blob of rat brain cells could provide insights into diseases such as Alzheimer's, University of Reading scientists say.
Video included. And another in comments.
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