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Caltech Scientists Develop Novel Use of Neurotechnology to Solve Classic Social Problem
Caltech Today Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:37 PM PDT
Economists and neuroscientists from Caltech have shown that they can use information obtained through functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) measurements of whole-brain activity to create feasible, efficient, and fair solutions to one of the stickiest dilemmas in economics, the public goods free-rider problemlong thought to be unsolvable. This is one of the first-ever applications of ...

Nicotine Plays Tricks on Brain: Study
MedicineNet.com Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:26 PM PDT
Title: Nicotine Plays Tricks on Brain: Study Category: Health News Created: 9/9/2009 12:10:00 PM Last Editorial Review: 9/10/2009

Brain Scans Could Help Spot Schizophrenia Earlier
MedicineNet.com Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:24 PM PDT
Title: Brain Scans Could Help Spot Schizophrenia Earlier Category: Health News Created: 9/9/2009 4:10:00 PM Last Editorial Review: 9/10/2009

Alzheimer's Gene Alters Brain Function in Young Adults
PhysOrg Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:12 PM PDT
(PhysOrg.com) -- The gene most closely linked to an increased risk of developing Alzheimer's disease affects brain activity in young adults -- much earlier in life than previously reported -- according to researchers at Duke University Medical Center and The Pennsylvania State University.

Neurofeedback: An ADHD Treatment That Retrains the Brain?
US News & World Report Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:49 PM PDT
Neurofeedback hasn't yet proved out and isn't cheap, but it dangles the prospect of a permanent cure.

Get your brain in shape
The West Milford Messenger Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:33 PM PDT
Chilton offering free brain fitness program Pompton Plains Chilton Memorial Hospital’s New Vitality, a health and wellness program for people over the age of 50, presents a free presentation about a brain fitness program called, “CogniFit” on Thursday, Oct. 15, from 1:30 to 3 p.m. or from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the YM-YWHA of North Jersey, 1 Pike Drive, Wayne.

EPC gets off to good start in 24-8 victory over Corning
Poinsett County Democrat Tribune Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:06 PM PDT
Brain Weathers wasn't sure if he should treat the opening day game against Corning as a scrimmage game and focus instead on next week and the big rivalry match up against Marked Tree. A week earlier...

Seizure-ridden baby passes away quietly (with POEM)
Northwest Florida Daily News Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:34 AM PDT
FORT WALTON BEACH â€" The seizures that plagued the short life of Emily Bishop Steinmeier have finally ended. The 1-year-old passed away Sunday in her crib. Emily was born May 27, 2008, with hydrocephalus, or fluid on her brain, which had to be

St. Jude Receives Product Approval
Zacks.com via Yahoo! Finance Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:33 AM PDT
The Brio neurostimulator approval enhances the breadth of St. Jude's product offerings in the deep brain stimulation systems and increases the company's top-line.

Study Spells Out Spread Of Brain Disease In Animals
Free Internet Press Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:29 AM PDT
Researchers are reporting that they have solved a longstanding mystery about the rapid spread of a fatal brain infection in deer, elk and moose in the Midwest and West.




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