Here is what I am reading today: good for the brain! (video gaming!) “Video gaming causes increases in the brain regions responsible for spatial orientation, memory formation and strategic planning as well as fine motor skills. This has been shown in a new study conducted at the Max Planck Institute Read more…
The weekend is coming! Some are partying, some are outdoors and some are studying and getting ahead! 😉 Here’s what I am reading: early humans on the midnight train in georgia “In 2005, researchers discovered a remarkably complete ancient hominin skull at Dmamisi, Georgia, a site that holds the earliest Read more…
Here’s what I am reading today: replacing a phantom limb “After 31-year-old Zac Vawter lost part of his leg in a motorcycle accident, a team of doctors set out to create a new kind of prosthetic limb: one whose motions he could manipulate with his mind, by “flexing” a foot Read more…
Part of the “Research Team” presenting in Dalian, China taking a tour of the lovely surrounds! Here is what I am reading today: did you see the super moon? “The biggest and brightest full moon of the year graces the sky early Sunday as our celestial neighbor swings closer to Read more…
Here is what I am reading today: autism risks “Senior author Harvey Kliman, M.D., research scientist in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences at the Yale School of Medicine, and research collaborators at the MIND Institute at the University of California, Davis, have found that abnormal placental folds Read more…