<rss version="0.91"><channel><title>plime.com : plime.com : Search Results : brain : RSS 0.91</title><link>http://www.plime.com/</link><description></description><language>en-us</language><item><title>plime.com : plime.com : Search Results : brain : RSS 0.91</title><link>http://www.plime.com/</link><description></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Area Of Brain That Makes A 'People Person' Discovered]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/115917/1/</link><description><![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.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Toys Read Brain Waves]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/technology/l/18493/1/</link><description><![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.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Artificial brain could be reality in just 10 years]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/128792/1/</link><description><![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.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Legal Brain: How Does the Brain Make Judgments about Crimes?]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/91270/1/</link><description><![CDATA[A new imaging study reveals which area of the brain plays a key role in these cognitive processes.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[See What Other See Through Brain Imaging]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/53384/1/</link><description><![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.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Right Brain vs. Left Brain:  Creativity Test]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/29876/1/</link><description><![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.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[First phase of simulated brain complete]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/109115/1/</link><description><![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>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Study finds left-wing brain, right-wing brain]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/35271/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Even in humdrum nonpolitical decisions, liberals and conservatives literally think differently, researchers show.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Elders Have Less Room for Bad Thoughts]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/85546/1/</link><description><![CDATA[As the brain ages, it remembers things differently, according to New Brain Imaging Study.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brain radiotherapy affects mind ]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/130353/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Radiotherapy used to treat brain tumors may lead to a decline in mental function many years down the line, say Dutch researchers.<br/><br/>A study of 65 patients, 12 years after they were treated, found those who had radiotherapy were more likely to have problems with memory and attention. <br/><br/>&quot;It always depends on the patient, but if it is possible to defer radiotherapy, maybe people should&quot;]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marijuana use linked to brain injury]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/64321/1/</link><description><![CDATA[An Australian study of brain imaging shows long-term, heavy use of marijuana can cause significant brain injury.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gene allows cancer to enter brain]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/112407/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Scientists have identified a gene that allows breast cancer genes to enter the brain, sortof giving it a 'free pass'.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Finding Fear: Neuroscientists Locate Where It Is Stored In The Brain]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/127157/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Fear is a powerful emotion and neuroscientists have for the first time located the neurons responsible for fear conditioning in the mammalian brain. Fear conditioning is a form of Pavlovian, or associative, learning and is considered to be a model system for understanding human phobias, post-traumatic stress disorder and other anxiety disorders.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brain Scans Reveal Possible Source of Super-Memory]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/92102/1/</link><description><![CDATA[In a follow up to a <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.plime.com/l/42152/1/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">story from last year</a>, MRI scans on Jill Price, 43, who in 2006 was the first person confirmed to have &quot;super memory,&quot; reveal two abnormally large areas in her brain. That discovery could lead to breakthroughs on how memories are formed and kept.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Competition increases brain size, MU researchers find]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/126157/1/</link><description><![CDATA[&#8220;Our findings suggest brain size increases the most in areas with larger populations, and this almost certainly increased the intensity of social competition&#8221;]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Neuroscientists find brain region responsible for our sense of personal space]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/132040/1/</link><description><![CDATA[The structure, the amygdala&#8212;a pair of almond-shaped regions located in the medial temporal lobes&#8212;was previously known to process strong negative emotions, such as anger and fear, and is considered the seat of emotion in the brain. However, it had never been linked rigorously to real-life human social interaction.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brain Teasers, Riddles, Trivia, Brain Exercises etc.]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/17034/1/</link><description><![CDATA[I have a love-hate relationship with these kind of sites. I love the riddles but often need the Answer button; which makes me feel less brilliant :)]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Milestone In The Regeneration Of Brain Cells]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/32812/1/</link><description><![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.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seeing A Brain As It Learns To See]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/81308/1/</link><description><![CDATA[A brain isn't born fully organized. It builds its abilities through experience, making physical connections between neurons and organizing circuits to store and retrieve information in milliseconds for years afterwards.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Culture Fundamentally Alters the Brain]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/47924/1/</link><description><![CDATA[It's no secret culture influences your food preferences and taste in music. But now scientists say it impacts the hard-wiring of your brain. New research shows that people from different cultures use their brains differently to solve basic perceptual tasks.]]></description></item></channel></rss>