DailyDirt: Train Your Brain

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The human brain is a remarkable organ, but we've only really just started to study it. Scientists are scanning brains with intense magnetic fields and zapping skulls with electrical pulses -- and measuring some differences that could point to ways that'll help people understand how our minds work. Here are just a few examples of projects focused on our brains. By the way, StumbleUpon can recommend some good Techdirt articles, too.
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Filed Under: addictive, brain, deep brain stimulation, gamers, iq scores, mri, transcranial magnetic stimulation


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  1. identicon
    Anonymous Coward, 1 Dec 2011 @ 11:40pm

    Electrical pulses to the brain!!!

    How do I get some? And do they hurt?

    link to this | view in thread ]

  2. identicon
    Lawrence D'Oliveiro, 2 Dec 2011 @ 1:11am

    Why Are Our Brains So Hard To Fathom?

    Is it because we’re too smart, or because we’re not smart enough?

    link to this | view in thread ]

  3. icon
    Michael Ho (profile), 2 Dec 2011 @ 4:05pm

    Re: Why Are Our Brains So Hard To Fathom?

    It's definitely because we're not smart enough... maybe someday we'll figure it out, but then there will be something even more complicated to figure out and we'll have to get smarter to understand ever more complicated stuff...

    link to this | view in thread ]

  4. identicon
    Lawrence D'Oliveiro, 6 Dec 2011 @ 4:54pm

    Re: Why Are Our Brains So Hard To Fathom?

    But if we’re not so smart, that must mean our brains are simpler, therefore easier to understand, doesn’t it?

    link to this | view in thread ]


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