Researchers debate ethics of brain boosting
From the Oxford University press release via MedicalXPress: The idea of a simple, cheap and widely available device that could boost brain function sounds too good to be true. Yet… Read more »
From the Oxford University press release via MedicalXPress: The idea of a simple, cheap and widely available device that could boost brain function sounds too good to be true. Yet… Read more »
From the Wayne State University press release: A Wayne State University researcher believes studying people’s ability to find their way around may help explain why loss of mental capacity occurs… Read more »
From the University of Illinois press release: Researchers have found a way to study how our brains assess the behavior – and likely future actions – of others during competitive… Read more »
From the Concordia University press release: Can mentoring relationships help female students who survive childhood abuse or domestic violence? Absolutely, according to new research from Concordia University, published in the… Read more »
From the Washington University in St. Louis press release: School-age children whose mothers nurtured them early in life have brains with a larger hippocampus, a key structure important to learning,… Read more »
From the University of Montreal press release via EurekAlert!: Attentiveness in kindergarten accurately predicts the development of “work-oriented” skills in school children, according to a new study published by Dr…. Read more »
From the Max Planck Institute press release: The brain is a fantastically complex and mysterious device, too large and with too many internal connections to be entirely programmable genetically. Its… Read more »
From the American Sociological Association press release via EurekAlert!: Research continues to support a connection between instability in the home and school performance in adolescents, but a new study in… Read more »
From the Wiley-Blackwell press release via EurekAlert!: New research by Australian scientists reveals that males who are exposed to high levels of testosterone before birth are twice as likely to… Read more »
From the Children’s Medical Hospital press release via MedicalXPress: Children at risk for dyslexia show differences in brain activity on MRI scans even before they begin learning to read, finds… Read more »
