MRI allows brain anatomy of individuals to be visualized in 3 dimensions with great details, as well as networks of brain regions activated by high order cognitive functions up to consciousness, together with stunning images of the connections between those areas. An important challenge for ...
MRI Safety Concerns This patient was cleared for take-off. Plush Studios/Blend Images/Getty Images Maybe you're concerned about the long-term impact of having all your atoms mixed about, but once you're out of the magnetic field, your body and its chemistry return to normal. There are...
All the field advancement has not come without the controversy of the unknown and, not surprisingly, for so long the adult brain was considered hard-wired, incapable of any accommodation. However, after some breakthroughs, neuroplasticity is now well recognized as a fundamental and lifelong brain ...
The research team gave participants memory tasks to perform in the MRI scanner. Over two days participants learned two overlapping but context-dependent memories. The researchers then measured interference between the two memories on the third day in the scanner. The findings suggest that at least t...
While ultrasonic mind control has been explored for various applications, such as pain management and brain stimulation, its potential for enhancing cognitive abilities or memory remains speculative. Are there any potential long-term effects or risks associated with the use of ultrasonic mind control te...
Let's talk about reading today, and specifically how and why to read faster. 今天我们来谈谈阅读,具体来说,如何以及为什么要阅读得更快。 So we'll talk about why being able to read faster is a useful skill to have in your pocket. 所以我们将讨论为什么能够阅读得更快是一项有用的技...
In the early days of X-ray science, a lot of doctors would expose patients and themselves to the beams for long periods of time. Eventually, doctors and patients started developing radiation sickness, and the medical community knew something was wrong. The problem is that X-rays are a form...
“It’s been a very long journey,” said Chrastil, co-author of the paper published Monday in Nature Neuroscience. “We did 26 scans before, during and after pregnancy” and found “some really remarkable things.” More than 80% of the regions studied had reductions in the volume of gray...
take hold, I hope you remember what I've told you here today. And you remind yourself that those symptoms you're experiencing, that's likely just your immune system doing its job, telling your brain to feel depressed and with...
On the other hand, in the absence of similarly objective, diagnostic tools, diagnosing and treating mental disorders has long been a more subjective exercise— and probably one big reason that psychiatry has historically been subject to marginalization next to other “more scientific” branches o...