Neuroscience
From a report in The New York Times about the neuroscience of smoking:
Scientists Tie Part of Brain to Urge to Smoke
By BENEDICT CAREY
The New York Times
Published: January 25, 2007
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The insula, for years a wallflower of brain anatomy, has emerged as region of interest based in part on recent work by Dr. Antonio Damasio, a neurologist and director of the Brain and Creativity Institute. The insula has widely distributed connections, both in the thinking cortex above, and down below in subcortical areas, like the brain stem, that maintain heart rate, blood pressure and body temperature, the body’s primal survival systems.
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- New York Times On Addiction And The Insula
In Clue to Addiction, Brain Injury Halts SmokingBy BENEDICT CAREY Published: January 26, 2007 Scientists studying stroke patients are reporting today that an injury to a specific part of the brain, near the ear, can instantly and permanently break a smoking...
- The Insula Is The New Black...
...or the new cingulate, in terms of hot and trendy areas of the brain. graphic from the New York Times Damage to the Insula Disrupts Addiction to Cigarette Smoking (Science). It's everywhere!! The insula is smoking!...
- Capgras Syndrome And Traumatic Brain Injury
An interesting feature article from the front page of yesterday's New York Times: After Injury, Fighting to Regain a Sense of Self By BENEDICT CAREY The New York Times Published: August 9, 2009 "Scientists are investigating delusions caused by brain...
- The Game Brain
An excellent op-ed piece in today's New York Times about the value of exercise - of the physical variety - in mental gymnastics. A Risser suggestion to supplement the intent of the opinion writers: get out there and walk around, but take a camera...
- The Passionate Caudate
From tomorrow's New York Times: Watching New Love as It Sears the Brain By BENEDICT CAREY The New York Times Published: May 31, 2005 [snip] In the study, Dr. [Helen] Fisher, Dr. Lucy Brown of Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx and...
Neuroscience
The Insula is Making Headlines!
From a report in The New York Times about the neuroscience of smoking:
Scientists Tie Part of Brain to Urge to Smoke
By BENEDICT CAREY
The New York Times
Published: January 25, 2007
[snip]
The insula, for years a wallflower of brain anatomy, has emerged as region of interest based in part on recent work by Dr. Antonio Damasio, a neurologist and director of the Brain and Creativity Institute. The insula has widely distributed connections, both in the thinking cortex above, and down below in subcortical areas, like the brain stem, that maintain heart rate, blood pressure and body temperature, the body’s primal survival systems.
[snip]
[ ... Read the full article ... ]
- New York Times On Addiction And The Insula
In Clue to Addiction, Brain Injury Halts SmokingBy BENEDICT CAREY Published: January 26, 2007 Scientists studying stroke patients are reporting today that an injury to a specific part of the brain, near the ear, can instantly and permanently break a smoking...
- The Insula Is The New Black...
...or the new cingulate, in terms of hot and trendy areas of the brain. graphic from the New York Times Damage to the Insula Disrupts Addiction to Cigarette Smoking (Science). It's everywhere!! The insula is smoking!...
- Capgras Syndrome And Traumatic Brain Injury
An interesting feature article from the front page of yesterday's New York Times: After Injury, Fighting to Regain a Sense of Self By BENEDICT CAREY The New York Times Published: August 9, 2009 "Scientists are investigating delusions caused by brain...
- The Game Brain
An excellent op-ed piece in today's New York Times about the value of exercise - of the physical variety - in mental gymnastics. A Risser suggestion to supplement the intent of the opinion writers: get out there and walk around, but take a camera...
- The Passionate Caudate
From tomorrow's New York Times: Watching New Love as It Sears the Brain By BENEDICT CAREY The New York Times Published: May 31, 2005 [snip] In the study, Dr. [Helen] Fisher, Dr. Lucy Brown of Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx and...