Risk is a ubiquitous component of the natural world and human life. Although some amount of risk-taking behaviour is desirable and essential for human survival and advancement, excessive risk-taking may underlie pathological conditions such as drug-abuse and compulsive gambling.
Findings suggesting that some major aspects of our personalities are determined by structural differences in our brains are being presented at the 2007 OHBM annual conference.
Can a fitness program for your brain improve thinking and concentration the way lifting weights can increase muscle strength?
Closing the eyes is the simplest way for changing your state of mind, possibly by directing focus of attention inward to oneself.
When is a lie not a lie? The question of how people lie and how to detect lies is of great interest to both scientists and the public. Deceptive behaviour involves risktaking, understanding the perspectives of others, their intentions and goals, as well as assessing and adjusting information on the basis of their reactions.
Researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have, for the first time, used a ?bionic? ear to restore hearing in a patient with von Hippel-Lindau disease.
The Meningitis Vaccine Project today released new data on the performance of a meningitis vaccine in West African children, suggesting that the new vaccine — expected to sell initially for 40 US cents a dose — will be much more effective in protecting African children and their communities than any vaccine currently on the market in the region.
Looking into the brain is yielding vital clues to understanding, diagnosing and treating bipolar disorder, according to findings being presented today at the Seventh International Conference on Bipolar Disorder. Two studies, featured in a press briefing held at 12:15 p.m., Thursday, June 7, have helped to identify novel pathways and markers for diagnosis and treatment of the disease.
The synthetic form of a hormone previously found to produce a feeling of fullness when eating and reduce body weight, also may help curb binge eating and the desire to eat high-fat foods and sweets.
The research, by QBI neuroscientist Professor Jason Mattingley and colleagues at the University of Melbourne and University College London, has implications for understanding “spatial neglect”, a disorder associated with damage to the brain’s parietal lobe ? an area that plays an important role in integrating sensory information from various parts of the body, and in planning eye- and limb-movements.