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Science Friday Newsbriefs: Mapping the Social Brain
What goes through your head when you hear that you have a good reputation or find out that your social status is slipping? Researchers are starting to find out. B
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http://www.sciencefriday.com/newsbriefs/read/171
The Neural Buddhists - New York Times
My guess is that the atheism debate is going to be a sideshow. The cognitive revolution is not going to end up undermining faith in God, it’s going to end up challenging faith in the Bi...
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/13/opinion/13brooks.html
Can You Become a Creature of New Habits? - New York Times
Brain researchers have discovered that when we consciously develop new habits, we create parallel synaptic paths, and even entirely new brain cells, that can jump our trains of thought on...
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/04/business/04unbox.html?em&ex=1210219200&en=df42aea0a77e7ad3...
Exercise Your Brain, or Else You’ll ... Uh ... - New York Times
“Every time you challenge your brain it will actually modify the brain,” he said. “We can indeed form new brain cells, despite a century of being told it’s impossible.”
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/03/technology/03brain.html?em&ex=1209960000&en=e0a3dbc695a0bf...
Deric Bownds' MindBlog: Fairness activates brain reward circuitry.
This work provides evidence that fairness is hedonically valued and that tolerating unfair treatment for material gain involves a pattern of activation resembling suppression of negative ...
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http://mindblog.dericbownds.net/2008/04/fairness-activates-brain-reward.html
» New Neurons: Good News, Bad News   « Brain Fitness Revolution at SharpBrains     
he obvious question that doesn't always get asked is, "What good are new neurons if they don't survive?". And that's where learning, enrichment, mental exercise, are critical.
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http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2008/04/25/new-neurons-good-news-bad-news
Proof that men and women activate stereotypes of competence and sociability respectively
A man’s image associated with masculinity activates a mental structure of competence, whereas when we see a woman we activate the social one.
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http://www.physorg.com/news128260058.html
Social Status Plays Role in Brain's Control of Health
Using functional MRI scans, they found that different brain areas are activated when a person moves up or down in social status or sees people who are socially superior or inferior.
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http://www.businessweek.com/lifestyle/content/healthday/614814.html
For the Brain, Cash Is Good, Status Is Better: Scientific American
New research shows for the first time that we process cash and social values in the same part of our brain (the striatum)—and likely weigh them against one another when making decisions.
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http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=for-the-brain-status-is-better
The Science of Thinking Smarter: A Conversation with Brain Expert John J. Medina
By unpacking the neuroscience of stress, for example, companies can find new ways to dramatically improve the productivity of their knowledge workers and thus gain a competitive edge.
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http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/hbsp/hbr/articles/article.jsp?ml_action=get-ar...
Craving money, chocolate and… justice « Neuroanthropology
I dare say that, given the right developmental environment, any one of these experiences might be rerouted through a different system, so that we were disgusted by soft-porn or not terrib...
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http://neuroanthropology.wordpress.com/2008/04/21/craving-money-chocolate-and-justice
Neuroscientifically Challenged: The Serotonin Hypothesis and Neurogenesis
The reason why SSRIs work is not very well understood. Experimental attempts at isolating serotonin as the primary factor in depression have been unsuccessful.
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http://neuroscientificallychallenged.blogspot.com/2008/04/serotonin-hypothesis-and-neurogene...
Technology Review: A Working Brain Model
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http://www.technologyreview.com/Biotech/19767
Why say no to free money? It's neuro-economics, stupid - Britain - Times Online
Our decisions seem not to be determined mainly by reason, but by a continuous battle between two sides of our psyches that are rooted in different mental circuits.
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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2392997,00.html
Inner Workings Of The Magnanimous Mind: Why It Feels Good To Be Altruistic
The "joy of giving" has an anatomical basis in the brain – surprisingly, one that is shared with selfish longings and rewards.
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http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/05/070528162351.htm
What Makes Us Moral - TIME
For grossly imperfect creatures like us, morality may be the steepest of all developmental mountains. Our opposable thumbs and big brains gave us the tools to dominate the planet, but wis...
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http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1686441,00.html
BBC NEWS | Health | 'Altruistic' brain region found
Altruism - the tendency to help others without obvious benefit to oneself - appears to be linked to an area called the posterior superior temporal sulcus.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6278907.stm
If It Feels Good to Be Good, It Might Be Only Natural - washingtonpost.com
The foundation of morality is empathy. Being able to recognize -- even experience vicariously -- what another creature is going through was an important leap in the evolution of social be...
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/27/AR2007052701056.html
What Makes a Product Cool - Neuromarketing - Steven Quartz
One of the most fundamental insights in brain science is that most of the processes that underlie our decisions are unavailable to our conscious access.
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http://www.fastcompany.com/articles/2007/11/interview-quartz.html
Why Giving Makes You Happy - December 28, 2007 - The New York Sun
The bottom line from all the research on giving is that it is not just good for your favorite cause; it's good for you, too. For relief from stress and depression, it's probably more cost...
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http://www.nysun.com/article/68700
Activation of Brain Region Predicts Altruism - DukeHealth.org
Increased activity in the posterior superior temporal sulcus strongly predicted a person's likelihood for altruistic behavior. The results suggest that altruistic behavior may originate f...
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http://www.dukehealth.org/HealthLibrary/News/9998?from=RSS
Humans hard-wired to be generous
altruism is something that makes people feel good, lighting up a primitive part of the human brain that usually responds to food or sex.
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http://www.physorg.com/news99581802.html
Can't Buy Me Altruism -- Hinterthuer 2007 (614): 1 -- ScienceNOW
Even when money is taken from some people involuntarily, they feel good about the transaction, as long as the funds go to a good cause.
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http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2007/614/1
Taxes a Pleasure? Check the Brain Scan - New York Times
We’re showing that paying taxes does produce a neural reward. But we’re showing that the neural reward is even higher when you have voluntary giving.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/19/science/19tier.html?ex=1339905600&en=33d51e59b78667f6&ei=5...
He Thinks, She Thinks | Sex & the Brain | DISCOVER Magazine
Men and women, to be sure, “are more alike than they’re different, and even when there are variations, there is a significant overlap between the sexes,”
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http://discovermagazine.com/2007/brain/she-thinks
Psychotherapists Rediscover the Brain
From [a neuroscientific] perspective, psychotherapy is an enriched interpersonal environment, tailored to encourage the growth and integration of neural networks regulating memory, cognit...
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http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/cozolino1
Developing Intelligence : Caffeine: A User's Guide to Getting Optimally Wired
Caffeine is the most widely used stimulant in the world, but few use it to maximal advantage. Get optimally wired with these tips.
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http://scienceblogs.com/developingintelligence/2008/02/optimally_wired_a_caffeine_use.php
Norman Doidge, M.D. | The Brain That Changes Itself
Dr.Doidge explores the profound implications of the changing brain for understanding the mysteries of love, sexual attraction, taste, culture and education in an immensely moving, inspiri...
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http://www.normandoidge.com
The Moral Instinct - New York Times
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/13/magazine/13Psychology-t.html
The Roots of Fear | Newsweek Politics | Newsweek.com
The evolutionary primacy of the brain's fear circuitry makes it more powerful than reasoning circuits.
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http://www.newsweek.com/id/78178
The Neuroscience of Leadership
Breakthroughs in brain research explain how to make organizational transformation succeed.
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http://www.strategy-business.com/press/freearticle/06207
Parental instinct found in the brain
a region of the human brain called the medial orbitofrontal cortex rapidly responds to the faces of unfamiliar infants but not to the faces of unfamiliar adults. T
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http://www.physorg.com/news123341506.html
FT.com / Home UK / UK - Poverty mars formation of infant brains
Neuroscientists said many children growing up in very poor families with low social status experience unhealthy levels of stress hormones, which impair their neural development.
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http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fb7535b4-dc30-11dc-bc82-0000779fd2ac.html
» 11 Neuroscientists Debunk a Common Myth about Brain Training   « Brain Fitness Revolution at SharpBrains     
Neuroscientists have finally debunked that old thinking that our brains decline inexorably after a certain age with little each of us can do to "exercise" or "train our brains".
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http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2007/09/06/11-neuroscience-quotes-that-will-change-your-view...
Seed: The Reinvention of the Self
Symptoms of poverty are not simply states of mind; they actually warp the mind. Because neurons are designed to reflect their circumstances, not to rise above them, the monotonous stress ...
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http://www.seedmagazine.com/news/2006/02/the_reinvention_of_the_self.php
How The Brain Rewires Itself - TIME
the adult brain retains impressive powers of "neuroplasticity"--the ability to change its structure and function in response to experience.
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http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1580438,00.html
Meditation Alters Brain Structure, Functioning
the brain, like the rest of the body, can be altered intentionally. Just as aerobics sculpt the muscles, so mental training sculpts the gray matter in ways scientists are only beginning t...
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http://psyphz.psych.wisc.edu/web/News/Meditation_Alters_Brain_WSJ_11-04.htm
» Brain Plasticity: How learning changes your brain   « Brain Fitness Revolution at SharpBrains     
Brain exercises have an impact on brain health thanks to the brain’s plasticity. When you exercise or stimulate your brain through new or merely unfamiliar activities, you can trigger c...
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http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2008/02/26/brain-plasticity-how-learning-changes-your-brain
Technology Review: Making Memories
A new strain of genetically engineered mice has allowed researchers to pinpoint, for the first time, the precise cellular connections that form as a memory is created.
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http://www.technologyreview.com/Biotech/20320
Femme Mentale
San Francisco neuropsychiatrist says differences between women's and men's brains are very real, and the sooner we all understand it, the better.
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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/08/06/MNG3HKAMVO1.DTL
Developing Intelligence : When Noise Helps: Stochastic Resonance and ADHD
Those with ADHD are chronically understimulated by both their environment and their internal cognitive representations, leading them to search almost incessantly for more stimulating thin...
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http://scienceblogs.com/developingintelligence/2007/09/when_noise_helps_stochastic_re_1.php
ADHD Kids Can Get Better - TIME
Brain development of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is delayed but otherwise typical, according to a new study by researchers at the National Institutes of ...
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http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1683069,00.html
LiveScience.com - Your Brain Boots Up Like a Computer
As we yawn and open our eyes in the morning, the brain stem sends little puffs of nitric oxide to another part of the brain, the thalamus, which then directs it elsewhere.
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http://www.livescience.com/humanbiology/060817_brain_boot.html
Commentary: In the Zone - A Biobehavioral Theory of the Flow Experience
Separate idiosyncratic mind states such as flow, intrinsic motivation, [etc.] are ultimately empty concepts, since they cannot account for the abstract environmental contingencies and som...
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All In The Mind - 22/06/2003: Plastic Brains and the Neuroscience of Psychotherapy
It's news that has psychotherapists pricking up their ears - could psyche and brain biology finally come together on the therapists couch?
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http://www.abc.net.au/rn/science/mind/s881550.htm
Don't just stand there, think - The Boston Globe
A growing body of new research suggests [...] that we think not just with our brains, but with our bodies.
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http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2008/01/13/dont_just_stand_there_think/?pag...
Science in Psychotherapy and Clinical Psychology by Roy Sugarman
[The Neuroscience of Psychotherapy] is likely to create much interest in a community of psychologists desperate perhaps to add to the arsenal of what could be considered evidence based pr...
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http://www.human-nature.com/nibbs/03/cp.html