‘Left brain crucial for music-linked emotions’
June 4th, 2012 - 1:41 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, June 4 (IANS) Language-based areas of the brain, primarily on the left, are important for extracting emotional meaning from music, says a new study.Our emotions and feelings are typically ... Read more...
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Brain areas responsible for spirituality revealed
April 21st, 2012 - 8:22 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 21 (IANS) The areas of brain responsible for the many aspects of spiritual experiences have been revealed by US researchers.Scientists have speculated for years that the human brain ... Read more...
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Is there a ‘God spot’ in the brain?
April 20th, 2012 - 6:40 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, April 20 (IANS) Scientists have long speculated on a 'God spot,' a distinct area of the human brain responsible for spirituality, but actually multiple areas of the organ may ... Read more...
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Brain quickly adjusts for broken arm
January 17th, 2012 - 1:38 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 17 (IANS) An injured arm causes the brain to enlarge in areas that compensate the injured side and decreases the areas that are not being used owing to ... Read more...
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Study finds part of brain that rotates image mentally
March 10th, 2011 - 3:00 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 10 (ANI): In a new study, scientists from Udine, Italy, have found which hemisphere of the brain - left or right - rotates an image mentally.A multidisciplinary team led by ... Read more...
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‘Thinking cap’ actually makes people ‘think outside the box’
February 9th, 2011 - 1:38 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Feb 9 (ANI): It's official - the 'thinking cap' developed by Australian researchers really makes people 'think outside the box'.Professor Allan Snyder and Richard Chi from Sydney University's Centre of the ... Read more...
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Brain hyperactivity ‘responsible for involuntary flashbacks’
October 28th, 2010 - 1:24 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 28 (ANI): Researchers from Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the University of Minnesota have revealed that increased circuit activity in the right side of the brain causes involuntary flashbacks ... Read more...
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Lottery game can assess brain damage following stroke
April 29th, 2010 - 3:26 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr 29 (ANI): A lottery game could help to assess brain damage in people who have had a stroke, say researchers.Patients recovering from stroke sometimes behave as if completely unaware of ... Read more...
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Catheter device busts blood clot to save life
December 17th, 2009 - 4:28 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 17 (ANI): Bobbie Laird survived a life-threatening stroke sparked off by a nearly half-inch long blood clot in her brain, thanks to a catheter device used by Dr. John Whapham ... Read more...
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Brain rewires its circuits to recuperate from damaged neural function after stroke
August 22nd, 2009 - 11:36 am ICT by ANI
Washington, August 22 (ANI): Researchers at the National Institute for Physiological Sciences (NIPS) in Japan have found in a study on mice that, upon cerebral stroke in one side of the brain, ... Read more...
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Indian-origin researchers new theory shows how injured brain deals with damage
November 16th, 2007 - 4:23 pm ICT by admin
Washington, November 16 (ANI): An Indian-origin researcher and his colleagues have proposed a new theory of brain flexibility, which helps explain how the brain compensates for damage from injuries caused by stroke ... Read more...
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