online issue of The Lancet. The group, led by Dr. Roberta Chow of the Brain and Mind Research Institute at the University of Sydney in Australia, surveyed data from 16 controlled trials with a total of 820 people treated for neck pain, using a 100-point ... Read more
any appropriate way, he said. I heard a story his brain was preserved in a jar at the Institute of Anatomy. ... Read more
The UT Dallas Center for BrainHealth received a federal grant to fund research examining brain performance enhancement in America’s fighting men and women through the use of state-of-the-art virtual reality technologies. ... Read more
SCN2A in intractable epilepsies. Neurology, 2009;73(13):1046-1053). For additional information, contact K. ... Read more
If you have been puzzled by Mona Lisa’s smile – how she’s radiant one moment and serious the next instant – then your worries are over. It happens because our eyes are sending mixed signals to the brain about her smile. Different cells in the retina transmit different categories of information or “channels” to the brain. These channels encode data about an object’s size, clarity, brightness and location in the visual field. “Sometimes one channel wins over the other, and you see the smile, s ... Read more
Olaf Breuning, me, me, me, you and me, 2009, wood, hardware, hot glue, acrylic paint, 54 x 46 x 15 inches, 137.2 x 116.8 x 38.1 cm, Courtesy of the Artist and Metro Pictures Olaf Breuning Small Brain Big Stomach October 29 – December 5, 2009 Opening Thursday, October 29, 6 – 8 pm The wall drawings and wood sculptures that make up the core of Olaf Breuning’s exhibition are based on the content and imagery of his small, childlike pencil drawings that “speak about the simple questions one c ... Read more
This November, the Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre and Teater Ekamatra are proud to bring to you Bilik Ahmad Berdaki . Tackling somewhat controversial issues in the Malay communities, this three bill play will tickle your funny bone, make you squirm in your seats just a little and set your brain on a journey of deep, profound thoughts. Bilik Ahmad Berdaki explores the dynamics and complexities of trust and betrayal (Bilik), of gender and sexual politics (Ahmad), and of hunger and ow ... Read more
