New Map IDs The Core Of The Human Brain:
An international team of researchers has created the first complete high-resolution map of how millions of neural fibers in the human cerebral cortex -- the outer layer of the brain responsible for higher level thinking -- connect and communicate. Their groundbreaking work identified a single network core, or hub, that may be key to the workings of both hemispheres of the brain.
Neuroscience Teaching Using Multi-Media:
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Williams College $228,987 to redesign the way introductory science of the brain is taught.
It used to be that when you had a life-threatening illness you waited it out. Nowadays you have options. A new study in the just-released March issue of Psychology and Aging, published by the American Psychological Association (APA), looks at the factors that influence older adults end-of-life decisions.
The Suspect Confessed. Case Closed? Not Necessarily, Researcher Says:
Even Modern Non-Violent Interrogation Techniques Can Produce False Confessions.
United States Has Highest Level Of Illegal Cocaine And Cannabis Use:
A survey of 17 countries has found that despite its punitive drug policies the United States has the highest levels of illegal cocaine and cannabis use. The study, by Louisa Degenhardt (University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia) and colleagues, is based on the World Health Organization's Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI).
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