Mission to build a simulated brain begins NewScientist.com news service Duncan Graham-Rowe An effort to create the first computer simulation of the entire...
Scientists Find Early Signs of Alzheimer's By LAURAN NEERGAARD, AP Medical Writer A subtle change in a memory-making brain region seems to predict who will get...
Brain sees violent video games as real life-study The brains of players of violent video games react as if the violence were real, a study has suggested. Klaus...
Can Dogs Sniff Out Cancer? May Be The Newest Ally In Battle Against Disease (CBS) A dog's nose is 2,000 times more sensitive than a human's. It's a true wonder...
The power of suggestion lingers by Roxanne Khamsi Brain scans show hypnosis helps to focus the mind. Therapists who swear that hypnosis can help their patients...
TV has negative impact on very young children's learning abilities 06 Jul 2005 Television viewing before the age of three may have adverse effects on...
I take illegal drugs for inspiration Daily Telegraph, Saturday May 21st 2005, pp 17-18 (Note: This version is very slightly different from the published, ...
Scientists predict brave new world of brain pills Common use of drugs to improve the mind poses ethical challenge Alok Jha, science correspondent / The...
iPod hallucinations face acid test Psychiatrist investigates phenomenon of 'musical hallucinations' Ken Young, vnunet.com 27 Jul 2005 A Welsh psychiatrist has...
'Thoughts read' via brain scans Scientists say they have been able to monitor people's thoughts via scans of their brains. Teams at University College London...
Remote-controlled humans enhance immersive games by Will Knight / NewScientist.com Remote controlled humans might sound a bizarre and nightmarish prospect, but...
Erotic and Violent Images Cloud Vision, Study Finds By LiveScience Staff When people see violent or erotic images, they fail to process whatever they see next,...
'Out-of-body' experiences may come from within 25 Aug 2005 Psychologists at The University of Manchester are investigating the idea that out-of-body...
Genes Show Signs Brain Still Evolving By LAURAN NEERGAARD WASHINGTON (AP) - The human brain may still be evolving. So suggests new research that tracked...
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The Inchoate Science of Consciousness New approaches could help quantify the mind-body gap By Christof Koch A new scientific field is being born, one that...
Brain Shifts During Sleep By Ed Edelson / HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Sept. 29 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers are reporting what they describe as the first...
Academia Embraces Spooky Studies By Randy Dotinga At the University of Arizona, a psychology laboratory devotes its time to investigating "dynamic info-energy...
Lucid dreaming a key to quality sleep By Mika Mandelbaum Through a state of dreaming that combines Western science and Tibetan Buddhist study, students might...
Looking inside our dreams TINA DEPKO, Staff Writer The average person has five dreams every night, but very few people take the time to think about what they...
The Brain Sees What We Don't Robert Roy Britt / LiveScience Managing Editor LiveScience.com - Wed Nov 2, 2:00 PM ET Your brain sees and does more than you...
Scientists prove blind people can 'see' with sixth sense RHIANNON EDWARD THE uncanny ability of blind people to "sense" unseen objects has been demonstrated...
Volunteers Required For Sleep Paralysis Research Why people believe in alien abductions Roger Highfield invites you to help scientists understand the X Files...
Meditation builds up the brain Alison Motluk / NewScientist.com news service Meditating does more than just feel good and calm you down, it makes you perform...
ALERT: EPA to Allow Pesticide Testing on Orphans and Mentally Handicapped Children Organic Consumers | November 17, 2005 Public Comment Period Closes December...
Source: The New York Times - USA <http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/22/science/22hypno.html> 11-22-2005 This Is Your Brain Under Hypnosis By Sandra Blakeslee ...
Microwaves govern us By Julie Robotham ELECTROMAGNETIC "smog" from mobile phone networks and whitegoods could affect mood and behaviour, a psychiatrist says. ...
Halle Berry image helps uncover new way of reading minds Kate Ravilious / Friday December 23, 2005 Scientists have developed a way of reading minds. Using...