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Are Gut Bacteria In Charge?
The bacteria in our gut may be controlling our lives more than we ever realized. In the latest findings, published today in Nature, a link between gut bacteria and the development ...Full Article
HUMAN THOUGHT CAN VOLUNTARILY CONTROL NEURONS IN BRAIN
Neuroscience research involving epileptic patients with brain electrodes surgically implanted in their medial temporal lobes shows that patients learned to consciously control individual neurons deep in the brain with ...Full Article
How the Brain Makes Memories: Rhythmically
The brain learns through changes in the strength of its synapses — the connections between neurons — in response to stimuli. Now, in a discovery that challenges conventional wisdom ...Full Article
Beauty of the Brain
Is the human brain, with all its problem-solving prowess and creative ability, powerful enough to understand itself? Nothing in the known universe (with the exception of the universe itself) ...Full Article
Meet Your Auto-Brain
Did you know that approximately 95% of what you think and do happens without you even thinking about it? Here is an example of how your auto-brain works – ...Full Article
A Day Without Food May Help Maintain a Heart Without Disease
What’s the News: Scientists found that periodic fasting may decrease the risk of coronary artery disease and diabetes, and also causes significant changes in heart-disease risk factors like cholesterol, blood-sugar, and triglyceride levels, ...Full Article
Fear and pleasure in the amygdala
Here is a heads up for a recent studydemonstrating – again – that the amygdala is not merely a “fear centre” in the brain. I have previously blogged about the ...Full Article
Pineal Gland, the Internal Eye
For thousands of years, the pineal gland was recognized as the human body’s connection to deeper realms of thought—a window into other dimensions. While this notion has faded with ...Full Article
Why claims of conscience matter
A cross necklace hangs in front of Lucy West’s American flag t-shirt as she participates in the opening worship ceremony during the non-denominational prayer and fasting event, entitled “The ...Full Article