Neuroscience
From the BBC:
Patients with amygdala injury 'unafraid' to gamble
09 February 2010
"Californian scientists think they may have discovered the part of the brain which makes people fear losing money."
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- Abnormal Social Cognition
To investigate the neuroscience behind socialising, Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg and colleagues have scanned the brains of people with the genetic disorder Williams-Beuren syndrome and compared them with scans of healthy controls. People with Williams syndrome...
- Vegas Casino Develops Technique For Unobtrusive Radiofrequency Ablation Of The Amygdala
Figure 1. Schematic diagram of the radiofrequency ablation device, adapted from surgical oncology procedures to apply a focal high frequency alternating current to the region of the amygdala. Alternatively, a gamma knife-like TMS application, slyly incorporated...
- Neuromarketing And "the Super Bowl Brain Scans"
This one's from Vaughan at Mind Hacks, who does a superb job of debunking this ridiculous exercise in publicity and hype. His post is reprinted below. No additional comments from The Neurocritic are needed. The 'complete results' from the...
- Traumatic Brain Injury: Progesterone Clinical Trial
From The Guardian: Sex hormone progesterone may save lives after brain injury A major clinical trial will test whether the female sex hormone can minimise damage and improve recovery after brain injury Ian Sample, San Diego guardian.co.uk Friday 19 February...
- In The Weeklies
Here are some relevant highlights from this week’s major scientific and medical weeklies: British Medical Journal 08 January 2005 Risk of ischaemic stroke in people with migraine: systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies by...
Neuroscience
Amygdala and Gaming Decisions
From the BBC:
Patients with amygdala injury 'unafraid' to gamble
09 February 2010
"Californian scientists think they may have discovered the part of the brain which makes people fear losing money."
Read the full article
- Abnormal Social Cognition
To investigate the neuroscience behind socialising, Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg and colleagues have scanned the brains of people with the genetic disorder Williams-Beuren syndrome and compared them with scans of healthy controls. People with Williams syndrome...
- Vegas Casino Develops Technique For Unobtrusive Radiofrequency Ablation Of The Amygdala
Figure 1. Schematic diagram of the radiofrequency ablation device, adapted from surgical oncology procedures to apply a focal high frequency alternating current to the region of the amygdala. Alternatively, a gamma knife-like TMS application, slyly incorporated...
- Neuromarketing And "the Super Bowl Brain Scans"
This one's from Vaughan at Mind Hacks, who does a superb job of debunking this ridiculous exercise in publicity and hype. His post is reprinted below. No additional comments from The Neurocritic are needed. The 'complete results' from the...
- Traumatic Brain Injury: Progesterone Clinical Trial
From The Guardian: Sex hormone progesterone may save lives after brain injury A major clinical trial will test whether the female sex hormone can minimise damage and improve recovery after brain injury Ian Sample, San Diego guardian.co.uk Friday 19 February...
- In The Weeklies
Here are some relevant highlights from this week’s major scientific and medical weeklies: British Medical Journal 08 January 2005 Risk of ischaemic stroke in people with migraine: systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies by...