Dr. Sam Parnia is founder of the AWARE (Awareness During Resuscitation) study to discover whether “out-of-body experiences” really happen. His research indicates that the brain may continue to be active and aware after flatlining.
The explosion of practice mortars sent Army Spc. Kade Williams into panic attacks, and nightmares plagued his sleep. The ravages of post-traumatic stress had left the veteran of the war in Afghanistan vulnerable, and he was desperate for help.
Here's a mind-bending idea: The U.S. military is paying scientists to study ways to read people's thoughts. The hope is that the research could someday lead to a gadget capable of translating the thoughts of soldiers who suffered brain injuries in combat or even stroke patients in hospitals.
As the crowd gathered in the hall of a Buddhist monastery to receive their free lunch, Hnin Mya sat listlessly, oblivious to the smell of warm curry, the sounds of clinking utensils and the chatter of her compatriots.
Robert Mugabe's mother told him when he was a child that he had been chosen by God to be a great leader. No wonder he thinks only divine power — not elections, not foreign critics, not a crumbling economy or a much younger opposition leader — can unseat him.
A convincing twin of Darth Vader stalks the beige cubicles of a Silicon Valley office, complete with ominous black mask, cape and light saber. But this is no chintzy Halloween costume. It's a prototype, years in the making, of a toy that incorporates brain wave-reading technology.
Researchers are studying a pervasive psychological phenomenon in which oh man we've got to finish doing the taxes this weekend ... C'mon, admit it. Your train of thought has derailed like that many times. It's just mind-wandering. We all do it, and surprisingly often, whether we're struggling to avoid it or not.
In mice prone to an animal form of Alzheimer's disease, long-term exposure to electromagnetic radiation typical of cell phones slowed and reversed the course of the illness, according to Gary Arendash of the University of South Florida in Tampa and colleagues. More Articles
The holidays bring happiness, togetherness, gifts, feasts, but it also brings loneliness, hate, sadness, and stress. Many might feel like it is all hey can bear and explode, or just feel so bad that they can give up on life people, or being happy.
Psychologists have many ways to get inside our heads: they can give us questionnaires, track our eyes, time how long we take to respond to cues and measure the blood flow to our brains. But how close can these methods get to the texture of our inner lives?
For much of the last century, educators and many scientists believed that children could not learn math at all before the age of five, that their brains simply were not ready.
I am looking at an elderly woman, tiny in a huge armchair. She has not spoken for months, she has not maintained eye contact with anyone for even longer and she has developed a nervous compulsion to keep one hand always up to her chin, covering her mouth.
Scientists studying how bacteria under stress collectively weigh and initiate different survival strategies say they have gained new insights into how humans make strategic decisions that affect their health, wealth and the fate of others in society. More Articles
Living in a democracy can be trying, says Clive James in his weekly column. Until you think of the alternatives.
for adolescents, just having friends nearby doubles the number of risks they take. We've found that a certain part of the brain is activated by the presence of peers in adolescents, but not in adults. More Articles
"It helps explain a lot of things, like why people forget so many dreams," Dr. Hobson said in an interview. "It's like jogging; the body doesn't remember every step, but it knows it has exercised. It has been tuned up.
In the current issue of Animal Behaviour, researchers present evidence that domestic pigs can quickly learn how mirrors work and will use their understanding of reflected images to scope out their surroundings and find their food.
Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad. Euripides, Greek tragic dramatist (484 BC - 406 BC)
It's a memory-destroying disease that has baffled scientists for decades, but one researcher has a controversial theory: that we can catch it with a kiss.
The response takes its name from a graph ([image in article]) of human emotional response as a function of a depiction's human-likeness.
Some times, its just healthy to sit back for a few quiet moments and enjoy beautiful photos of nature from around the world and be thankful that we are able to see such beauty as beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
A stage hypnotist claims he can help women increase the size and firmness of their breasts through mind power alone.
Experiments showed the birds - which belong to the corvid family that includes crows, ravens and magpies - perceive the physical rules of support with the same degree of intelligence as a six month old baby. More Articles
FRIDAY, Oct. 2 (HealthDay News) -- New research provides insight into how the brain resolve such dilemmas as whether you should drop a plate that's burning your fingers or keep holding it to keep the food off the floor.
Smith makes this conclusion in an article published the September issue of the journal Trends in Cognitive Science (Volume 13, Issue 9). He reviews this new and rapidly developing area of comparative inquiry, describing its milestones and its prospects for continued progress.
Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty moves ever closer to the brink, joining Texas Governor Rick Perry in claiming "state sovereignty" over the Federal Government. It seems like even the "sane Republicans" are joining the nuts under the tree.
Striving to be faultless can foster failure—or drive success—depending on the type of perfectionist you are
Everyone has hunches — about friends' motives, about the stock market, about when to fold a hand of poker and when to hold it.
Beck is literally screaming at this lady about healthcare during his radio talk show. It's quite entertaining.
This Author indicates that High Anxiety and Stress can be helped by simply turning off your TV.
Well some say Television is a tool of entertainment. I contend it is much much more. The writer here has provided a complete outline which shows where simple entertainment has direct control over brain state. And has specifically stated: