Posts Tagged ‘fMRI’

  • Internet: The fastest teacher?
    Internet: The fastest teacher?

    MRI scans of older people show major differences between searchers and non-searchers. After seven hours of Internet experience, those differences disappear. Honest? Could changing the brain be this easy?


    Wednesday, October 21st, 2009
  • Brain battle
    Brain battle

    As the day wears on, both sleep pressure and the brain’s alerting signal rise, until sleep pressure triumphs. [Nod]. New brain study explains why night owls don’t get as sleepy during the day.


    Thursday, April 23rd, 2009


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