? Emotion is more powerful than reason? He is 49 years old and in 1977 he worked at Cornell University Medical College. Since 1989 he has been a professor at the Center for Neurological Sciences at New York University and a member of the Society for Neuroscience.
As we age, it becomes more expensive for us to learn languages, memorize data ... A study by the Medical College of Georgia (USA) suggests that it is because the brain loses the ability to filter only what is relevant and to eliminate old and obsolete, rather than difficulties in storing new material.
?I am god'. This is one of the phrases that young John Sharon used to say to his neighbors when he suffered one of his epileptic seizures. Unexpectedly, he was immersed in a sense of omnipotence and in the belief that he could guide the rest of the humans like a prophet. During his attacks, John felt intense, almost unbearable pain, but at the same time and surprisingly, he felt enormous happiness. And all this in a man who said that he had never been religious before in his life.
According to a study carried out in the United Kingdom on 8,000 adults, it takes four years of regular smoking to deteriorate memory, brain capacity to plan and dexterity for any cognitive task. If you also suffer from hypertension and obesity, memory impairment increases, as the authors conclude in the journal 'Age and Aging'.
Are there differences in the brain of a man who feels like a woman, or in that of a woman who feels like a man? To answer this question, researchers from the National Distance Education University (UNED), in collaboration with other centers, have measured the thickness of the cerebral cortex of transsexual people. The results confirm the biological roots of transsexuality.
Brain research led by the University of Michigan (USA) could explain why placebos are more effective in some people than others, and could be used to improve tests of new drugs.
Spanish and Australian scientists have found that patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) have greater moral sensitivity and show greater concern.
Danni Büchner is invited to Sam Dylan's Halloween party. But the "Goodbye Germany" emigrant has no desire for many other party guests. And find clear words.
