The very act of making decisions depletes our ability to make them well. So how do we navigate a world of endless choice?
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Magazine Preview: Do You Suffer From Decision Fatigue?
A Texas hospital says Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was released and expects to soon begin outpatient treatment for the brain injury she suffered in a January shooting.
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Rep. Giffords released from hospital
Traditional classroom learning is generally rules first, application later. However, researchers are finding that repeated exposure to patterns seems to deepen understanding.
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Brain Calisthenics for Abstract Ideas
The part of the brain used by people who can “see like a bat” has been identified by researchers in Canada.
A girl from Norfolk has had half her brain “switched off” in a pioneering operation at Great Ormond Street.
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VIDEO: Half of girl’s brain switched off
Crossing your arms across your body relieves pain in the hands by confusing the brain, researchers find.
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Crossing your arms ‘stops pain’
Surgeons say a procedure to put a patch on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords’ skull was successful, and the Arizona Democrat is “recovering well.” After Giffords was shot in the head on Jan. 8, doctors removed a piece to allow pressure on her brain out. But with…
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Giffords Doing ‘Well’ After Surgery
HOUSTON — Doctors repaired Gabrielle Giffords’ skull on Wednesday, the latest milestone in her recovery from an assassination attempt and a procedure that experts say will improve her quality of life. A gunman shot her in the head more than four months ago in Tucson, Ariz., and doctors had to remove a portion of her skull to relieve pressure on her brain. On Wednesday, they put a plastic implant in place to fully cover her brain, according to a statement from TIRR Memorial Hermann hospital. The hospital planned a briefing on Thursday to give an update on her medical condition and discuss the next steps in her rehabilitation. Read full article > >
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Hospital: Rep. Giffords has surgery to repair hole in skull after assassination attempt
NEW YORK — A representative for Mary Tyler Moore said Thursday that the veteran sitcom star has gone in to a facility for surgery to remove a benign tumor on the lining of her brain. Spokeswoman Alla Plotkin says Moore’s doctors recommended the elective procedure after monitoring the tumor “for years.” Plotkin would not specify if the surgery had already taken place, or how Moore was doing. The procedure was to remove a meningioma, a slow-growing tumor in the membranes that cover the brain. Meningiomas usually occur in older adults and are mostly benign. Read full article > >
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Sitcom star Mary Tyler Moore having elective brain surgery for benign tumor
TV legend Mary Tyler Moore has elected to undergo surgery to remove a benign tumor in her brain, her rep revealed to People on Thursday. “At the recommendation of her neurologist, who has been monitoring this for years, and a neurosurgeon, Mary decided…
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Mary Tyler Moore to Have Brain Surgery
His was a suicide with a macabre twist. In February, former Chicago Bears safety David Duerson shot himself in the chest, but not before leaving behind a note requesting his brain be studied for evidence of a disease striking football players.
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Tangles found in NFL player’s brain
Scientists are trying to understand and quantify what makes music expressive, and the results are contributing to a greater understanding of how the brain works.
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To Tug Hearts, Music First Must Tickle the Neurons
Shrinkage in parts of the brain of some Alzheimer’s patients can be detected up to a decade before symptoms appear, a small study shows.
Yesterday, a team of scientists funded by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen unveiled an interactive computerized atlas of the brain. “Until now, a definitive map of the human brain at this level of detail simply hasn’t existed,” Allan Jones, the chief executive of the Seattle-based Allen Institute for Brain Science, told the Wall Street Journal . “For the first time, we have generated a comprehensive map of the brain that includes the underlying biochemistry.” The complete atlas (the photograph above is of one thin slice of human brain tissue that was used in its construction) will be available for free at www.brain-map.org to be used as a resource for scientists. With more than 100 million data points, the existing atlas, which was built using two brains donated for research, is large — but not complete. The team at the Allen Institute will add eight more brains to the collection by the end of next year. View more Pictures of the Day . Image: Allen Institute for Brain Science.
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Picture of the Day: A Computerized Atlas of the Human Brain
A County Antrim man told by Belfast Health Trust that his brain tumour was inoperable, has had life-saving surgery in a private clinic in Dublin.
Hospital: Rep. Giffords has surgery to repair hole in skull after assassination attempt
Thursday, May 19th, 2011Sitcom star Mary Tyler Moore having elective brain surgery for benign tumor
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