Dyslexia linked to brain differences
UPI Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:08 PM PDT
EDINBURGH, Scotland, June 30 (UPI) -- Scottish researchers say they found right hemisphere differences in the brains of those with dyslexia. |
Brain injury program list nears 200
Sooke News Mirror Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:13 PM PDT
When 26-year-old Shannon Wiley was moved from Victoria General Hospital’s neurological rehabilitation ward to a care ward full of seniors waiting for assisted living placement, her heart sank. |
Ilchi Lee, World-Renowned Brain Educator, Brings 'Vibrate Your Brain to Life' to London
PRWeb Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:06 PM PDT
Founder of the Brain Wave vibration method, award-winning author and president of the International Brain Education Association, Lee's provocative, highly interactive presentation comes to London this month. Learn how to harness gentle, rhythmic shaking and access a higher plane of human consciousness. (PRWeb Jun 30, 2009) Read the full story at ... |
Sister Helps Raise Funds for Brother in Need
KFYR-TV Bismarck Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:57 PM PDT
Over at the Kensington this afternoon, a benefit was held for Jayce Kringen, a 7 year-old who is fighting against brain cancer. Jayce is currently in Rochester, Minnesota, where he is undergoing treatment. |
Remembering Hillsborough County Elections Supervisor Phyllis Busansky
Creative Loafing Tampa Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:08 PM PDT
And wondering who runs the Elections Office next.... By Wayne Garcia Faaaabulous!: Phyllis Busansky in 2006, during her unsuccessful bid for the U.S. Congress, on the campaign trail with Sen. John Kerry. It's funny the things you remember -- and don't remember -- about your friends when they die. I spent much of an afternoon last week searching my brain for a tiny detail about Phyllis Busansky ... |
Court Rules Soldier's Wife Can't Sue
Georgia Public Broadcasting News Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:36 PM PDT
A federal appeals court says the wife of a U.S. soldier incapacitated by brain injury in a wreck during a fuel convoy in Iraq cannot sue the civilian contractor delivering the fuel. Sgt. Keith Carmichael, of Atlanta, was a gunner assigned to ride in a tanker truck operated by Kellogg, Brown & Root during the 2004 convoy. He was thrown and pinned beneath the truck when the civilian driver failed ... |
Imaging study shows decrease in empathic responses to outsiders
PhysOrg Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:18 PM PDT
An observer feels more empathy for someone in pain when that person is in the same social group, according to new research in the July 1 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience. The study shows that perceiving others in pain activates a part of the brain associated with empathy and emotion more if the observer and the observed are the same race. The findings may show that unconscious prejudices ... |
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