According to her TV advert, after playing Brain Training on the Nintendo DS, Nicole Kidman, 39, has a brain age to match her strangely smooth-skinned face age: 24. The game on the handheld console, which includes memory and reaction time tests, was developed by the Japanese neuroscientist Ryuta Kawashima and has sold 10m copies worldwide, spawning a craze for "brain training" that the New York Times estimated was worth more than...
Face Recognition Ability And IQ Inherited Separately
redOrbit
redOrbit
Posted on: Wednesday, 20 January 2010, 10:13 CST Finding supports modularity of the mind theory Recognizing faces is an important social skill, but not all of us are equally good at it. Some people are unable to...
Breastfeeding 'not linked to IQ'
The Guardian
The Guardian
Mothers will not make their babies more intelligent by breastfeeding them, research has found. Family environment and stimulation of infants are key to good intelligence, dispelling the myth that breastfeeding makes...
Brain scans reveal awareness in some vegetative brains, allow communication, study suggests
Hartford Courant
Hartford Courant
NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have detected glimmers of awareness in some vegetative brain-injury patients and have even communicated with one of them — findings that push the boundaries of how to assess and...
Nimhans wants to study Basu's brain
The Times of India
The Times of India
BANGALORE: Even as some people in their sixties fall victim to dementia, Marxist patriarch Jyoti Basu's mind was sharp and agile well into his nineties until his recent death. That's got the Bangalore-based National...
Brain Games for Seniors: Dakim Offers 1st Brain Fitness Software Aimed at Fighting Dementia
PR Newswire
PR Newswire
Fatty acid protects brain cells from dying
Deccan Chronicle
Deccan Chronicle
Fatty acid protects brain cells from dying...
Brain selective about retaining key smells
Khaleej Times
Khaleej Times
A new study reveals that every single moment when the brain is forced to process thousands of separate it has an advanced ability to isolate specific odours and recollect smells. "There is a lot of information coming...
Hunger For Stimulation Driven By Dopamine In The Brain
redOrbit
redOrbit
Posted on: Monday, 1 February 2010, 17:41 CST Our need for stimulation and dopamine's action upon the brain are connected, which explains why people who constantly crave stimulation are in danger of addictive behavior...


