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DailyDirt: Hacking The Brain... Not Into Bits

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Tue, Sep 13th 2011 5:00pm — Michael Ho

Studying people's brains could someday lead to understanding how our minds work. But so far, we're still a long way away from figuring out what makes our brains tick. Here are just a few more interesting links on the topic of brain research.

Brain imaging techniques could be used to create more effective psychological treatments -- without drugs. Apparently, social anxiety can be significantly reduced with meditation and MRI scans, and the combination produces measurable changes in brain activity. [url]
Competitive Scrabble players seem to have better visual recognition of words -- duh! A study of expert Scrabble players versus a couple dozen non-experts demonstrates that people can train their brains to develop impressive visual word recognition skills, even as adults. [url]
There might still be time to add a few books to the end of your summer reading list. These are books. [crack open one.] This is your brain on books. [url]
To discover more interesting articles on the human mind, check out what's currently floating around the StumbleUpon universe. [url]

By the way, StumbleUpon can recommend some good Techdirt articles, too.

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Jeffrey Nonken (profile), 13 Sep 2011 @ 6:05pm

Distinct features of autistic brain revealed in novel Stanford/Packard analysis of MRI scans
http://med.stanford.edu/ism/2011/september/menon.html
...since we're talking about brains.

Or:
http://www.scarygoround.com/sgr/ar.php?date=20030218
and
http://www.schlockmercena ry.com:8080/2006-10-31
if we're talking about braaaaaaains.
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el_porko (profile), 13 Sep 2011 @ 6:52pm

Yesterday;
To discover more "interesting articles" on the ...

Today (alas)
To discover "more interesting" articles on the ...
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Anonymous Coward, 13 Sep 2011 @ 6:57pm

How about software that write books?
http://scienceblog.com/47784/students-create-application-that-writes-books/
http://tiny.cc/ bookitnow
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Jay (profile), 13 Sep 2011 @ 7:10pm

Well, if we're also talking about brains, it might be prudent to also talk about our emotions.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14900800
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Jimr (profile), 14 Sep 2011 @ 6:41am

I have see my brain via CAT & MRI scans. I find there is something unreal about looking at your own brain.
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Anonymous Coward, 14 Sep 2011 @ 5:03pm

Re:
I envy you, every time I see some image from inside my body I feel nothing, maybe is cognitive dissonance, but I just can't see anything strange with it and maybe I should be marvelled at how it is possible to look inside yourself literally.
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