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BRAIN FUNCTION  

The brain function in question -- which researchers refer to as "slow wave activity" -- is critical to the restoration of mood and the ability to learn, think and remember.

In order to play for the "big game," an athlete needs a whole lot of luck, a sharp mind, good acting, exceptional physical capabilities and the left hemisphere of the brain for anaytical thinking.

Can we really determine the existence of God by studying the human brain? Scientists say maybe. Neurotheologists are scientists who try to explain religious experiences in people through brain function, and this is becoming quite the debate.

A recent study suggests that folic acid can help maintain sharp brain function and memory, and may help reduce the risk of dementia.

Traumatic Brain Injury caused by a blow or sudden trauma, disrupts normal function of the brain. Severity of bran injury can be mild, moderate or severe with various symptoms. Different types of brain injuries. Progesterone shown affective treating TBI.

A review of the top tips to fight brain fog.

A panel of scientists presented evidence from several recent studies that demonstrated enhanced brain blood flow after study participants consumed a specially formulated flavanol-rich cocoa beverage.

Has current brain research yielded usable information? Does the new research in Quantum biology hold possible missing aspects? What do we know about the brain?

Other than in a few cases, why someone gets a brain tumor is still a mystery. Many writers, musicians, actors and sports figures died from them. Here's a select list of ones who had varying complications, survival rates...and even ones who still live to this day...

On July 25 a special White House panel recommended a significant overhaul to the physical and mental health care provided to U.S. troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, especially those troops with traumatic brain injuries.

For individuals who suffer a brain injury, the impact to memory and cognitive function can be permanent and range from mild to severe.

The world's first therapeutic vaccine for brain cancer has been made commercially available to patients in Switzerland.

For many new parents, finding ways in which to boost brain power in their children is a never ending quest.

brain injuries are often catastrophic for the vicitm and their family. This article relate how injuries to different parts of the brain affect people, what functions can be compromised and how they are categorized.

No matter how smart or educated you are, the health of your mind and brain is a totally different issue.

This brief on note taking strategies introduces some unconventional approaches to note taking. However, these strategies have a solid foundation in brain research and help to maximize your brain's natural ability to learn and remember.

An effort is under way to find drugs that will prevent or slow the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease. There are already some widely recommended alternative treatments for Alzheimer's that boost brain power:

An Allegorical analysis of Emily Dickinson's "I Felt a Funeral In My Brain," using slant rhyme, classic ballad style meter, cadence, auditory imagery, synecdoche, kinesthesia and alliteration.

The brain, what is it? The brain is a portion of the central nervous system that is contained within the skull. The brain controls movement, sleep, hunger, thirst and virtually every other vital activity that is necessary for survival

Soccer headers and headbutting are impressive tactics on the field, but can lead to injury and even permanent brain damage for both amateur and professional players. Learn how soccer head butting can lead to brain damage, and how risky this maneuver is.

New findings explain the beneficial link between exercise and the brain, and its effect on diseases such as depression, memory loss, and even Alzheimer's.

Migraines can cause parts of the brain to swell up, leaving the sufferer with potential brain damage as a result of each painful headache. Is it permanent brain damage?...

Brain stem specialists, also called specific chiropractors, treat the upper area of the spinal column. Because this area can become misaligned after minor trauma, you may want to consult a specialist after a car or sports accident.

The ability to live by the golden rule may be displayed in an MRI of the brain, according to a new study.

As a preventative measure, many healthy adults are turning to vitamin B12 as part of a program to slow the signs of deterioration and aging on the brain.

Researchers report that a genetic basis for a serious birth defect involving the brain has been isolated. Further research will attempt to identify what other factors, if any, are involved.

For individuals who suffer a mild brain injury, the long term effects may not be realized for several weeks and months.

Traumatic brain injury is defined as a nondegenerative, noncongenital injury to the brain cause by an outside, blunt force which leads to either temporary or permanent damage to cognitive, physical, and...

Do you find yourself feeling lethargic at your desk after lunch? Are you becoming more and more forgetful? Do you need to be more alert at school? Is multi-tasking becoming a thing of the past?

In five presentations, set to happen the weekend of November 3, 2007, five researchers from Posit Science Corporation will present their cases in demonstrations that show how using computers for cognitive brain training can help with many different illnesses.

General description of the right brain, left brain theory, history and origin of the theory, and an artist's perspective on the subject are all included in this paper.

More and more studies are showing that brain power can be affected by what you eat. Here are the healthy brain foods that can give your thinking and memory a boost.

Are you looking for a easy way to boost your brain power? Would you like to improve you memory and your mental focus? Here are four foods for you to try to help feed your brain.

Brain teaser worksheets can teach your children important critical thinking skills. Not only will they expand your kid's brain function, they are also a lot of fun. Brain teasers come in many different varieties.

This article details methods for improving brain function and memory.

As we age, our brains become less "bushy". Use these guides to stimulate continued bushy development of your brain.

Each time this memory is recalled, and new short-term piece of information is associated with it, and creates a new long-term memory making it easier to recall.

For adolescents who experience traumatic events, there are significant effects on brain development.

So far, doctors and scientists are up in the air about taking brain-enhancing nootropics--but so far won't shame you for at least trying them all if it seems to help you...

As we age, our brain continues to grow and develop, with myelination continuing into mid-life

With this, activity of individual muscles or muscle fibers during action can be measured in various and valuable ways.

This article shows you how to best determine your horse's learning style.

This paper explains the informational aspect of TBIs. It covers the science and emotional progress of someone who has experienced a TBI.

New York psychiatrist Dr. Valentin Bragin has written an important book that shows you how you can keep the brain active at any age by reestablishing developmental pathways from early childhood.

Seeing the enlarged whites of fearful eyes is enough to activate a fear structure in the brain called the amygdala. Seeing that in someone else's eyes could just save you from an attack.

A former teacher, current counselor and grandmother considers the role nutrition plays in child development.

Lately, scientists have begun to discover what yogis have known for centuries; that yoga is good for the brain.

Most of us at one time or another has an issue with some form of memory difficulties. Our bodies require the proper nutrition to function properly and our brains are no different.

Ten ways to increase brain power.

This article describes how brain research has impacted education methods, with a focus on implementation using technology.

Make learning and improve memory by integrating all of your senses into the experience. Scientist discovered that multi-sensory experiences reinforce information to the brain.

Offering an overview of the complications associated with abnormal fontanel development in a newborn; averting long term complications involving skull and brain development

Severe hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) sometimes does occur in Type 1 diabetes patients, and this report show that those episodes don't have affects on cognitive function.

This article outlines seven nootropic compounds--readily available dietary supplements that increase alertness, focus, mood, and overall mental function.

For decades now we have known participating in some form of exercise several times a week makes us a stronger, healthier person, improving the quality of our lives as well as increasing the years we live.

A new study published in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report reveals that two-thirds of sports- and recreation-related traumatic brain injuries in the U.S. occur in children and teenagers.

New report unveils previously unknown information about SIDS. The report echoes prior findings along with new studies into the increasing problems.

A new study has possibly shed some light on the mysterious Neanderthal.

A man was beaten and left for dead by robbers one late night while he was trying to make his way home in 1999. The robbers crushed his skull and he ended up with very severe brain damage from the incident.

While engaged in learning over the years I've learned a few things that have helped me to do better in my classes.

Cancer of the brain is a cancer which in not easily detected and many times goes unknown until the tumor has advanced. The first signs of a brain tumor may be the loss of motor skills.

The Brain has several parts and are divided into sections, with each section taking a key role in the way the brain functions.

Our choice of food can improve our minds, helping us to grow old gracefully, or kicking and screaming in order to fight and stay young.

Instead of brain drain from playing video games, try these brain boosting titles.

Keeping an active mind will decrease your chances of developing Alzheimer's.

Brain Awareness week is from March 10th through the 16th. Read more to learn about your brain, advances in the field and spread the truth regarding how much of our brain we really use.

Eating is a necessary activity we all routinely engage in, but rarely consider its purpose. You often eat because you're hungry, but sometimes only because a clock tells you its lunchtime even when food isn't really needed.

Researchers at Emory University have identified a compound in tree bark that mimics the chemical stimulation of neuronal cell signaling that plays a crucial role in the growth, plasticity and survival of brain cells.

New research has shown through diffusion tensor imaging, or Diffusion MRI, that patients with traumatic brain injury, even mild traumatic brain injury have structural changes in the white matter of their brains that account for cognitive impairments.

Groundbreaking research at Vanderbilt University is the first to be able to locate the areas of the brain responsible for the way we see borders and surfaces.

Because brain hemispheres don't "fall asleep" in unison, your sleep disorder may be associated with a particular hemisphere of the brain where EEG activity is not slowing down at the same rate.

Ten ways to increase brain power.

This discovery is considered to be important for the future treatment of disorders like depression and schizophrenia because in disorders like this, the thought is that there is miss- communication between different parts of the brain.

An anatomy of the cervical nervous system and how proper nerve function effects our health.

Brain fitness is an exciting new trend which is scientifically designed to increase intelligence and prevent against age-related disease. Herein we will discuss what makes brain fitness work and how you can start enjoying its benefits today.

Mr. Stolyarov explores the uses of brain scanning technology and how it has helped scientists better treat brain disorders as well as understand the role of such parts of the brain as the cerebellum.

Mild traumatic brain injury is commonly overlooked, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Yet the effects of MTBI on sufferer and family can be devastating.

An impish insight into the inability to function efficiently when a person is "in love".

A new study suggests that healthy infants' lung function at birth may provide clues to their future respiratory health.

Operations remove a brain hemisphere from seizure patients.

Now that summer's finally arrived, kids can enjoy themselves right? Wrong. Countless studies prove that summer brain inactivity results in a less productive self during the learning season. Here are some helpful tips and advice to promote a summer of learning for your child.

An animal study at Weill Cornell Medical College finds that Ritalin use may affect brain structure.

This is an overview of what parents should expect as their child reaches grade school after suffering a brain infarction at birth.

There are many types of brain disorders. Some are Schizophrenia, Parkinson Disease, Alzheimer's, and Autism.

Using the Bender Gestalt Test, a child's organic brain injury can be assessed and isolated to particular location.

It has identified that part of the brain that is responsible for storing ordered information. That is the order in which we see things.

A discussion of the split-brain, from the experimentation, the findings, and the ways in which the brain works both together and as separate pieces.

Scientists have developed a very small size machine that performs exactly the same function as brain does.

Depression appears to be one of the fastest growing disorders out there. More alarming is the fact that pre-school children are the fastest growing market for antidepressants.

This article provides tips on how to improve and maintain common brain activities used in everyday life; such as memory, logic, and reasoning skills.

Transhumanism and human enhancement are defined, and the case of Matt Nagle's use of a brain-computer interface is described.

If your child suffers from a traumatic brain injury, there may be some positive outcomes known as "adversarial growth".

Ten great foods that naturally fuel and protect the brain with bioflavonoids, polyphenols, antioxidants, fiber, and vitamins.

We are closer than ever to achieve nerve cell re-growth. The paralyzed could very soon be able to walk again, and brain damage might be reversible. Both something deemed impossible just decades ago!

For children with parietal cortex brain complications, the perception of object placement and environment are often distorted.

A discussion of the effects of alcohol on various sections of the brain.

A new study has just demonstrated that individuals with brain damage that has wiped out all of their personal memories are actually still able to perceive other people's feelings and intentions, even if they can't remember their own.

Bob Woodruff of ABC fame has done much more than ... his wife Lee and he make pioneering effects to promote public awareness of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). The couple has published a book...

Physicians at the University of Mississippi Medical Center have performed a surgical procedure that has restored just about full function to a patient who was virtually decapitated.

Researchers at Jefferson Medical College have completed a study with lab animals that shows that exposure to lead can also make it difficult for the brain to recover from an injury such as a stroke.