May 2013
27 posts
10 Benefits of Reading: Why You Should Read Every... →
rfar:
If you’re one of countless people who don’t make a habit of reading regularly, you might be missing out: reading has a significant number of benefits, and just a few benefits of them are listed below.
1. Mental Stimulation
2. Stress Reduction
3. Knowledge
4. Vocabulary Expansion
5. Memory Improvement
6. Stronger Analytical Thinking Skills
7. Improved Focus and Concentration
8....
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Tonight I did a ten minute speech in front of thirty five people; the topic was discrepancies between neurology, and psychology. I choked.
It was everything short of a success; but I learned a great deal, and hit my first mile stone towards my dreams.
“An entire sea of water can’t sink a ship unless it gets inside the ship....”
– Goi Nasu (via thedapperproject)
Dyslexic med student diaries: The end of the... →
dyslexicmdstudent:
Hello! My name is Carin and I’m a senior at MIT, about two weeks from graduation. Next fall I’ll be headed off to medical school at Tufts. I’m both excited and a bit apprehensive about med school, which seems fairly normal. I’ve heard that medical school is much easier than MIT, but I’m not sure…
Neuroscience: White matter imaging provides... →
neurosciencestuff:
The instability of “white matter” in humans may contribute to greater cognitive decline during the aging of humans compared with chimpanzees, scientists from Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University have found.
Yerkes scientists have discovered that white matter — the wires…
“There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is...”
– Ernest Hemingway (via thedapperproject)
“The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you don’t know...”
– Dr Wayne Dyer (via mishaboom)
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To a T
INTJ - Scientist
The INTJ is the most self-confident and pragmatic of all types. Decisions come very easily and they are very independent. They love logic and ideas and are drawn to scientific research. 1% of the total population.
INTJs’ precision thinking and need for accuracy causes them to be inflexible at times. Having thought out a strategy, the INTJ may stubbornly disregard those who they...
Printable Functional ‘Bionic’ Ear Melds Electronics and Biology
The researchers’ primary purpose was to explore an efficient and versatile means to merge electronics with tissue. The scientists used 3D printing of cells and nanoparticles followed by cell culture to combine a small coil antenna with cartilage, creating what they term a bionic ear.
“In general, there are...
April 2013
32 posts
Candide: Animal Rights Activists →
candide94:
So yesterday as part of an abortive attempt to get into Wadstock we managed to walk straight into the annual giant anti-Animal Testing protest march. Hundreds of people screaming and chanting that all Oxford scientists are evil, and that the university is “torturing” animals. Every Thursday on the…
neuromorphogenesis:
What is Schizophrenia?
Many people think people with schizophrenia have a ‘split personality’. Perhaps this comes from Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic novel, ‘Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde’, in which the sane and upright doctor, experimenting with mind-altering drugs, descends into the near-bestial Hyde with tragic results. But schizophrenia, which affects one in every 125 people...
“Nothing will work unless you do.”
– Maya Angelou (via onerandompieceofwisdomatatime)
Neuroscience: New light shed on early stage... →
neurosciencestuff:
The disrupted metabolism of sugar, fat and calcium is part of the process that causes the death of neurons in Alzheimer’s disease. Researchers from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have now shown, for the first time, how important parts of the nerve cell that are involved in the cell’s energy…
“If you’re walking down the right path and you’re willing to keep walking,...”
– Barack Obama (via onerandompieceofwisdomatatime)
Daily Simplicity: 10 Habits That Will Make Your... →
rfar:
1. Use a minimalistic workspace.
2. Cook more food than you’ll eat.
3. Write shorter emails.
4. Be 10 or 5 minutes early for meetings and appointments.
5. Spend only 20% of your time on dwelling on a problem.
6. Stop trying to do things perfectly.
7. Eat slower.
8. Enjoy the simple pleasures.
9. Write everything down.
10. Breathe.
Read the article for more details.
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The science behind meditation, and why it makes... →
rfar:
Meditation yields a surprising number of health benefits, including stress reduction, improved attention, better memory, and even increased creativity and feelings of compassion. But how can something as simple as focusing on a single object produce such dramatic results? Here’s what the growing body of scientific evidence is telling us about meditation and how it can change the way our...
Neuroscience: In autism, age at diagnosis depends... →
neurosciencestuff:
The age at which a child with autism is diagnosed is related to the particular suite of behavioral symptoms he or she exhibits, new research from the University of Wisconsin-Madison shows.
Certain diagnostic features, including poor nonverbal communication and repetitive behaviors, were…
Neuroscience: Shedding light on a gene mutation... →
neurosciencestuff:
Research from Western University and Lawson Health Research Institute sheds new light on a gene called ATRX and its function in the brain and pituitary. Children born with ATRX syndrome have cognitive defects and developmental abnormalities. ATRX mutations have also been linked to brain tumors.
“Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you...”
– Margaret Thatcher (via thedapperproject)
Creation Date: 1 Feb 2012 | Review Date: 1 Feb 2012
Do Antidepressants Really Work?
William Z. Potter, M.D., Ph.D., Foundation of the National Institutes of Health, and Steven M. Paul, M.D., Weill Cornell Medical College, examine the effectiveness of antidepressants in treating severe depression.
Three recent books and a series of commentaries and reviews in the press raise the question...
