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Does Pot Really Improve Memory In the Elderly?
Does Pot Really Improve Memory In the Elderly?
Electrically stimulating Your Brain Can Boost Memory – But Here’s One Reason It Doesn’t Always Work
Electrically stimulating Your Brain Can Boost Memory – But Here’s One Reason It Doesn’t Always Work
New Theory Suggests the Brain Forms Many Copies of the Same Memory
New Theory Suggests the Brain Forms Many Copies of the Same Memory
Learning on The Same (Brain) Wavelength
Learning on The Same (Brain) Wavelength
Brain Mapping Tech Blows Brains Up 20x Like a Balloon
Brain Mapping Tech Blows Brains Up 20x Like a Balloon
Brain computation is a lot more analog than we thought
Brain computation is a lot more analog than we thought
A "Dreaming Signature" In the Sleeping Brain
A "Dreaming Signature" In the Sleeping Brain
To make learning stick, go the extra mile
To make learning stick, go the extra mile
How To Get a Superhuman Memory, and What It Does To Your Brain
How To Get a Superhuman Memory, and What It Does To Your Brain
Is brain ageing inevitable?
Is brain ageing inevitable?
Holy Crap! There's a Giant Neuron That Wraps Around the Entire Brain!
Holy Crap! There's a Giant Neuron That Wraps Around the Entire Brain!
Does Zapping Your Brain Actually Help You Learn Faster?
Does Zapping Your Brain Actually Help You Learn Faster?
Young Blood Offered as Anti-Aging Therapy — But Is It Ready?
Young Blood Offered as Anti-Aging Therapy — But Is It Ready?
How the Brain Links People to Places: Scientists Tap Memory’s Neural Code
How the Brain Links People to Places: Scientists Tap Memory’s Neural Code
Can you learn to taste music?
Can you learn to taste music?
Does hot cocoa delay brain aging?
Does hot cocoa delay brain aging?
#SfN14: How a fat metabolite lifts you up after exercise
#SfN14: How a fat metabolite lifts you up after exercise
#SfN14: A "how-to" guide to finding the Fountain Of Youth
#SfN14: A "how-to" guide to finding the Fountain Of Youth
#SfN14: The Neuroscience of Gaming
#SfN14: The Neuroscience of Gaming
Direct mind-to-mind communication in humans
Direct mind-to-mind communication in humans
A change of mind: from bitter recollections to sweet memories
A change of mind: from bitter recollections to sweet memories
The brain’s swan song: hyperactivity near death
The brain’s swan song: hyperactivity near death
Customize me: How an underground culture is using drugs to get the mental traits they want
Customize me: How an underground culture is using drugs to get the mental traits they want
Post-traumatic amnesia: why Kramer can’t remember his play in the World Cup Final
Post-traumatic amnesia: why Kramer can’t remember his play in the World Cup Final
Bass lays down the beat
Bass lays down the beat
Fire together, wire together: building a memory with long-term potentiation
Fire together, wire together: building a memory with long-term potentiation
“Tanning is addictive”: um, not quite
“Tanning is addictive”: um, not quite
People with amnesia can still remember faces
People with amnesia can still remember faces
Time weaves memories into patterns
Time weaves memories into patterns
#CAN2014 Does a junk food pigout trigger more binges?
#CAN2014 Does a junk food pigout trigger more binges?
 

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Anti-aging research is on a roll
Anti-aging research is on a roll
Need Muscle Power? This Intelligent Robot Suit Can Help
Need Muscle Power? This Intelligent Robot Suit Can Help
Christmas food for thought: the gains and pains of laughter
Christmas food for thought: the gains and pains of laughter
The case for intermittent fasting: size matters, timing matters too
The case for intermittent fasting: size matters, timing matters too
Does hot cocoa delay brain aging?
Does hot cocoa delay brain aging?
#SfN14: How a fat metabolite lifts you up after exercise
#SfN14: How a fat metabolite lifts you up after exercise
#SfN14: A "how-to" guide to finding the Fountain Of Youth
#SfN14: A "how-to" guide to finding the Fountain Of Youth
#SfN14: The Neuroscience of Gaming
#SfN14: The Neuroscience of Gaming
Post-traumatic amnesia: why Kramer can’t remember his play in the World Cup Final
Post-traumatic amnesia: why Kramer can’t remember his play in the World Cup Final
“Tanning is addictive”: um, not quite
“Tanning is addictive”: um, not quite
Are we overthinking nutrition?
Are we overthinking nutrition?
#CAN2014 Does a junk food pigout trigger more binges?
#CAN2014 Does a junk food pigout trigger more binges?
#CAN2014 (So long and) thank you for all the fish: on omega-3s and GRP120
#CAN2014 (So long and) thank you for all the fish: on omega-3s and GRP120
A “switch” for the winter blues
A “switch” for the winter blues
Interview with Dr. Peter Suedfeld: The Science of Sensory Deprivation Therapy
Interview with Dr. Peter Suedfeld: The Science of Sensory Deprivation Therapy
Quieting the bipolar mind: can a ketogenic diet stabilize mood?
Quieting the bipolar mind: can a ketogenic diet stabilize mood?
Two cups of coffee after learning may cure your forgetful streak
Two cups of coffee after learning may cure your forgetful streak
Christmas food for thought: Feed me, all 100 trillion of me
Christmas food for thought: Feed me, all 100 trillion of me
Christmas food for thought: which booze causes the worst hangover?
Christmas food for thought: which booze causes the worst hangover?
Scientific American Best of the Blogs Video
Scientific American Best of the Blogs Video
#SfN13 Running boosts cognition by increasing aerobic capacity
#SfN13 Running boosts cognition by increasing aerobic capacity
#SfN13 Your coffee habit? Don't fight it, embrace it.
#SfN13 Your coffee habit? Don't fight it, embrace it.
#SfN13 Stressed out mice turn to carbs for comfort food
#SfN13 Stressed out mice turn to carbs for comfort food
Rest is work, less is more
Rest is work, less is more
Jet-lag resistant mice!
Jet-lag resistant mice!
Exercise in a pill…again?
Exercise in a pill…again?
The fat-fueled brain: unnatural or advantageous?
The fat-fueled brain: unnatural or advantageous?
Feline Fever, Forever
Feline Fever, Forever
The skinny on gutbug-transplanted obesity
The skinny on gutbug-transplanted obesity
How a high-fat diet makes that stick of celery seem less rewarding
How a high-fat diet makes that stick of celery seem less rewarding
 

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CRISPR Pill May Be Key in Fight Against Antibiotic Resistance
CRISPR Pill May Be Key in Fight Against Antibiotic Resistance
Scientists Hack a Human Cell's DNA and Turns It Into a Biocomputer
Scientists Hack a Human Cell's DNA and Turns It Into a Biocomputer
Mammalian Gene Drives Set To Overhaul Evolution - If We Let Them
Mammalian Gene Drives Set To Overhaul Evolution - If We Let Them
Growing Human Organs In Pigs? Don't Get Too Excited Just Yet
Growing Human Organs In Pigs? Don't Get Too Excited Just Yet
Are women better at giving gifts than men?
Are women better at giving gifts than men?
Google Translate not yet ready for medical communications
Google Translate not yet ready for medical communications
Christmas food for thought: the gains and pains of laughter
Christmas food for thought: the gains and pains of laughter
The Male Idiot Theory
The Male Idiot Theory
This is the end: our post-antibiotic world
This is the end: our post-antibiotic world
#SfN14: Art of Neuroscience, a conversation with Greg Dunn
#SfN14: Art of Neuroscience, a conversation with Greg Dunn
#SfN14: Art of Neuroscience, with Megan McGlynn
#SfN14: Art of Neuroscience, with Megan McGlynn
#SfN14: Art of Neuroscience, with Kathleen Childress
#SfN14: Art of Neuroscience, with Kathleen Childress
#SfN14: Art of Neuroscience, with Joni Seidenstein
#SfN14: Art of Neuroscience, with Joni Seidenstein
#SfN14: Art of Neuroscience, with Michele Banks
#SfN14: Art of Neuroscience, with Michele Banks
#SfN14 Here we go again!
Direct mind-to-mind communication in humans
Direct mind-to-mind communication in humans
No, emotions aren’t really contagious over Facebook
No, emotions aren’t really contagious over Facebook
Bass lays down the beat
Bass lays down the beat
#CAN2014 A bird’s eye view of whole-brain activation
#CAN2014 A bird’s eye view of whole-brain activation
Interview with Dr. Peter Suedfeld: The Science of Sensory Deprivation Therapy
Interview with Dr. Peter Suedfeld: The Science of Sensory Deprivation Therapy
Can the memory palace slow age-related memory loss?
Can the memory palace slow age-related memory loss?
Top 10 science stories I wish I'd blogged about in 2013
Top 10 science stories I wish I'd blogged about in 2013
Christmas food for thought: which booze causes the worst hangover?
Christmas food for thought: which booze causes the worst hangover?
The ancient marriage between music, movement and mood
The ancient marriage between music, movement and mood
Breaking the academic bubble: An interview with NEURO.tv host Diana Xie
Breaking the academic bubble: An interview with NEURO.tv host Diana Xie
#SfN13: Tips and tricks for first-timers
#SfN13: Tips and tricks for first-timers
#SfN13: Here we go!
Jet-lag resistant mice!
Jet-lag resistant mice!
How a pheromone wards off pedophilia in mice
How a pheromone wards off pedophilia in mice
Feline Fever, Forever
Feline Fever, Forever

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#SfN14: The Neuroscience of Gaming
#SfN14: The Neuroscience of Gaming
Quieting the bipolar mind: can a ketogenic diet stabilize mood?
Quieting the bipolar mind: can a ketogenic diet stabilize mood?
Shining light on the dark side of oxytocin
Shining light on the dark side of oxytocin
Decapitated worms regenerate heads with old memories
Decapitated worms regenerate heads with old memories
Blood magic: old blood ages the young
Blood magic: old blood ages the young

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Does Pot Really Improve Memory In the Elderly?
Does Pot Really Improve Memory In the Elderly?
#SfN14: How a fat metabolite lifts you up after exercise
#SfN14: How a fat metabolite lifts you up after exercise
Customize me: How an underground culture is using drugs to get the mental traits they want
Customize me: How an underground culture is using drugs to get the mental traits they want
No, emotions aren’t really contagious over Facebook
No, emotions aren’t really contagious over Facebook
A “switch” for the winter blues
A “switch” for the winter blues
The ancient marriage between music, movement and mood
The ancient marriage between music, movement and mood
#SfN13 Stressed out mice turn to carbs for comfort food
#SfN13 Stressed out mice turn to carbs for comfort food
Shot for shot: a vaccine against heroin relapse?
Shot for shot: a vaccine against heroin relapse?
Pills for bites: the alarming link between drug abuse and eating disorders
Pills for bites: the alarming link between drug abuse and eating disorders
A new cure for insomnia?
A new cure for insomnia?
Can this common fitness supplement be an antidepressant?
Can this common fitness supplement be an antidepressant?
Resisting cocaine: when the tablet is not wiped clean.
Resisting cocaine: when the tablet is not wiped clean.
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Anti-aging research is on a roll
Anti-aging research is on a roll
Is brain ageing inevitable?
Is brain ageing inevitable?
Young Blood Offered as Anti-Aging Therapy — But Is It Ready?
Young Blood Offered as Anti-Aging Therapy — But Is It Ready?
Christmas food for thought: the gains and pains of laughter
Christmas food for thought: the gains and pains of laughter
Does hot cocoa delay brain aging?
Does hot cocoa delay brain aging?
#SfN14: How a fat metabolite lifts you up after exercise
#SfN14: How a fat metabolite lifts you up after exercise
#SfN14: A "how-to" guide to finding the Fountain Of Youth
#SfN14: A "how-to" guide to finding the Fountain Of Youth
The ancient marriage between music, movement and mood
The ancient marriage between music, movement and mood
#SfN13 Running boosts cognition by increasing aerobic capacity
#SfN13 Running boosts cognition by increasing aerobic capacity
Exercise in a pill…again?
Exercise in a pill…again?
Circadian clock out of whack? Go sleep under the stars!
Circadian clock out of whack? Go sleep under the stars!
Mental exercise wards of dementia in old age
Mental exercise wards of dementia in old age
 
 
 
 
 
 

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