Sort Your Brain Out
It always comes as a shock to the system when I realise that a friend or family member has firmly-held beliefs about a superstition or conspiracy theory, despite the absence of any strong evidence to support it, so I thought I’d have a dig around in the scientific literature that has sought to explain these tendencies.
Deep Brain Stimulation therapy to treat brain illnesses like Parkinson’s Disease might one day be achieved, without surgery, by crossing electrical streams
This month’s brain blog is about the different types of sensory cue that trigger recollection of key experiences from different periods of life and how access to these memories helps to define who we are.
I’ve been digging around in search of research investigating racing drivers’ brains recently so I thought I’d devote this month’s blog to sharing this with you.
It’s almost as if Wim has managed to trick his body into reverting to caveman mode.
SCI-FI TO REALITY: Luke Skywalker is the 1st bionic character I ever encountered Now I’ve met a real man with a robotic arm that exceeds normal human capacities
I was literally gobsmacked when he sawed open the roof of the skull and a wobbly, pale pink, fresh human brain flopped out into his hands.
In the womb, brain development occurs at a startling pace. Seven weeks after conception the nervous system is sufficiently developed for the foetus to translate detection of gentle brushing of the nose and lips into a reflexive movement of its head away from the stimulus.
A pair of cartoon rodents give a quick guided tour to the different parts of the human brain