Violent video games leave teenagers emotionally aroused November 28, 2006 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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A new study has found that adolescents who play violent video games may exhibit lingering effects on brain function, including increased activity in the region of the brain that governs emotional arousal and decreased activity ... | |
Ibuprofen or acetaminophen in long-term resistance training increases muscle mass/strength April 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 66 vote(s)
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Taking daily recommended dosages of ibuprofen and acetaminophen caused a substantially greater increase over placebo in the amount of quadriceps muscle mass and muscle strength gained during three months of regular weight ... | |
Brains can recover from alcoholic damage but patients should stop drinking as soon as possible December 17, 2006 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 26 vote(s)
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The findings, published today in the online edition of the journal Brain, used sophisticated scanning technology and computer software to measure how brain volume, form and function changed over six to seven weeks ... | |
Dieting does not work, researchers report April 04, 2007 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 90 vote(s)
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Will you lose weight and keep it off if you diet? No, probably not, UCLA researchers report in the April issue of American Psychologist, the journal of the American Psychological Association. | |
 How does your brain tell time? January 31, 2007 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 73 vote(s)
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"Time" is the most popular noun in the English language, yet how would we tell time if we didn’t have access to the plethora of watches, clocks and cell phones at our disposal? | |
 Reading Shakespeare has dramatic effect on human brain December 18, 2006 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 73 vote(s)
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Research at the University of Liverpool has found that Shakespearean language excites positive brain activity, adding further drama to the bard's plays and poetry. | |
Study: Spinal cord can repair itself February 14, 2007 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 58 vote(s)
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U.S. scientists say they have disproved the long-held theory that the spinal cord is incapable of repairing itself. The Johns Hopkins University researchers say human nerve stem cells they transplanted into damaged spinal ... | |
New method enables scientists to see smells December 24, 2007 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 44 vote(s)
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Animals and insects communicate through an invisible world of scents. By exploiting infrared technology, researchers at Rockefeller University just made that world visible. With the ability to see smells, these scientists ... | |
Music moves brain to pay attention, study finds August 01, 2007 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 54 vote(s)
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Using brain images of people listening to short symphonies by an obscure 18th-century composer, a research team from the Stanford University School of Medicine has gained valuable insight into how the brain sorts out the ... | |
Men's testosterone levels predict competitiveness December 04, 2006 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 21 vote(s)
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After a man loses a challenge, whether or not he is willing to get back into the game depends on changes in his testosterone levels, according to new research at The University of Texas at Austin. | |
Train your brain to hear your friends at a party October 06, 2006 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 17 vote(s)
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A major science prize was today awarded to a researcher who is looking for the region of the brain that helps us to hear someone in a noisy place, such as a party or bar, and is responsible for "training" the brain to hear ... | |
Brain rewards aggression much like it does sex, food, drugs February 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 46 vote(s)
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New research from Vanderbilt University shows for the first time that the brain processes aggression as a reward—much like sex, food and drugs—offering insights into our propensity to fight and our fascination with violent ... | |
Role seen for cannabis in helping to alleviate allergic skin disease August 16, 2007 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 21 vote(s)
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Administering a substance found in the cannabis plant can help the body’s natural protective system alleviate an allergic skin disease (allergic contact dermatitis), an international group of researchers from Germany, Israel, ... | |
A good night's sleep with the flip of a switch? April 30, 2007 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 68 vote(s)
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The flip of a switch could become all it takes to get a good night's sleep, according to a study released Monday. Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have found a way to stimulate the slow waves typical of ... | |
Researchers Uncover a Secret of the Black Death September 18, 2006 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 43 vote(s)
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Yersinia pestis, the bacteria that causes plague, is a sneaky little intruder with a remarkable ability to evade the body’s immune system. Upon entering an organism, Y. pestis employs a variety of strategies to slip below ... | |
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