Yeschaton » neuroscience http://yeschaton.org Documenting the Impending End of Everything since 1998 Fri, 06 Apr 2007 03:38:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Nervous Sounds http://yeschaton.org/index.php/2007/03/10/nervous-sounds/ http://yeschaton.org/index.php/2007/03/10/nervous-sounds/#comments Sat, 10 Mar 2007 08:20:35 +0000 mark http://yeschaton.org/index.php/2007/03/10/nervous-sounds/ Danish scientists are claiming that nerves transmit their signals by sound, not by electrical charges…

]]> http://yeschaton.org/index.php/2007/03/10/nervous-sounds/feed/ 0 The Six Degrees of Our Brains http://yeschaton.org/index.php/2007/02/23/the-six-degrees-of-our-brains/ http://yeschaton.org/index.php/2007/02/23/the-six-degrees-of-our-brains/#comments Fri, 23 Feb 2007 10:03:36 +0000 mark http://yeschaton.org/index.php/2007/02/23/the-six-degrees-of-our-brains/ The connections between our neurons seems to obey the same principles as the rules which govern social networks…

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]]> http://yeschaton.org/index.php/2007/02/09/autism-reversed-in-mice/feed/ 0 The Pursuit of Happiness http://yeschaton.org/index.php/2007/01/23/the-pursuit-of-happiness/ http://yeschaton.org/index.php/2007/01/23/the-pursuit-of-happiness/#comments Mon, 22 Jan 2007 21:57:02 +0000 mark http://yeschaton.org/?p=5 Suppress brain activity in certain areas of the right hemisphere, while promoting activity in certain areas of the left hemisphere, and *poof* – you’re happy!

]]> http://yeschaton.org/index.php/2007/01/23/the-pursuit-of-happiness/feed/ 0 The Do-Gooder http://yeschaton.org/index.php/2007/01/23/the-do-gooder/ http://yeschaton.org/index.php/2007/01/23/the-do-gooder/#comments Mon, 22 Jan 2007 21:53:52 +0000 mark http://yeschaton.org/?p=4 Scientists have identified the areas of the brain which respond to and encourage altruistic behavior…

]]> http://yeschaton.org/index.php/2007/01/23/the-do-gooder/feed/ 0 We Are Such Stuff as Daydreams are Made Of http://yeschaton.org/index.php/2007/01/21/we-are-such-stuff-as-daydreams-are-made-of/ http://yeschaton.org/index.php/2007/01/21/we-are-such-stuff-as-daydreams-are-made-of/#comments Sun, 21 Jan 2007 04:18:53 +0000 mark http://www.webearth.org/yeschaton/?p=3 Scientists have discovered that daydreaming is the default human mental state…

(Tip of the hat to GregoryP for this one)

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