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New quantitative analysis for open source software projectsNew quantitative analysis for open source software projects

High-volume Bitcoin exchanges less likely to fail, but more likely breached, says studyHigh-volume Bitcoin exchanges less likely to fail, but more likely breached, says study

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Enhancing cognition in older adults also changes personalityEnhancing cognition in older adults also changes personality

Brain Mysteries

Relationship troubles? Some sad music might help you feel better (5/25/2013)

Consumers experiencing relationship problems are more likely to prefer aesthetic experiences that reflect their negative mood, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research. ...> Full Article


Multilingual survey research: Do poor translations cause bias? (5/25/2013)

Survey results may be biased in multilingual research if consumers are unfamiliar with translated terms, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research. ...> Full Article


Wireless signals could transform brain trauma diagnostics (5/24/2013)

Wireless signals could transform brain trauma diagnosticsNew technology developed at UC Berkeley is using wireless signals to provide real-time, non-invasive diagnoses of brain swelling or bleeding. The device could potentially become a cost-effective tool for medical diagnostics and to triage injuries in areas where access to medical care, especially medical imaging, is limited. ...> Full Article


Trying to be happier works when listening to upbeat music (5/24/2013)

Recent research at the University of Missouri discovered that an individual can indeed successfully try to be happier, especially when cheery music aids the process. This research points to ways that people can actively improve their moods and corroborates earlier MU research. ...> Full Article


Study finds 'owning' a darker skin can positively impact racial bias (5/23/2013)

Scientists from Royal Holloway University have found that when white Caucasians are under the illusion that they have a dark skin, their racial bias changes in a positive way. ...> Full Article


Brain frontal lobes not sole centre of human intelligence (5/22/2013)

Human intelligence cannot be explained by the size of the brain's frontal lobes, say researchers. ...> Full Article


Grammar errors? The brain detects them even when you are unaware (5/22/2013)

Grammar errors? The brain detects them even when you are unawareYour brain often works on autopilot when it comes to grammar. That theory has been around for years, but University of Oregon neuroscientists have captured elusive hard evidence that people indeed detect and process grammatical errors with no awareness of doing so. ...> Full Article


Serotonin mediates exercise-induced generation of new neurons (5/22/2013)

Mice that exercise in running wheels exhibit increased neurogenesis in the brain. Crucial to this process is serotonin signaling. These are the findings of a study by researchers at the Max Delbrück Center Berlin-Buch. Surprisingly, mice lacking brain serotonin due to a genetic mutation exhibited normal baseline neurogenesis. However, in these serotonin-deficient mice, activity-induced proliferation was impaired, and wheel running did not induce increased generation of new neurons. ...> Full Article


Brain rewires itself after damage or injury, life scientists discover (5/21/2013)

The brain forms complex new circuits after damage to compensate for lost function, often far from the damaged region, life scientists from UCLA and Australia report in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The new study identified the exact regions of the brain that take over when the brain's hippocampus is damaged, and is the first demonstration of such neural circuit plasticity. ...> Full Article


Laughter perception networks in brain different for mocking, joyful or ticklish laughter (5/21/2013)

A laugh may signal mockery, humor, joy or simply be a response to tickling, but each kind of laughter conveys a wealth of auditory and social information. These different kinds of laughter also spark different connections within the "laughter perception network" in the human brain depending on their context, according to research published May 8 in the open access journal PLOS ONE by Dirk Wildgruber and colleagues from the University of Tuebingen, Germany. ...> Full Article


Brain, not eye mechanisms keep color vision constant across lifespan (5/21/2013)

Cone receptors in the human eye lose their color sensitivity with age, but our subjective experience of color remains largely unchanged over the years. This ability to compensate for age-related changes in color perception rests in higher levels of the visual system, according to research published May 8 in the open access journal PLOS ONE by Sophie Wuerger from the University of Liverpool, UK. ...> Full Article


Brain anatomy of dyslexia is not the same in men and women, boys and girls (5/21/2013)

Using MRI, neuroscientists have found significant differences in brain anatomy when comparing men and women with dyslexia to their non-dyslexic control groups. Their study is the first to directly compare brain anatomy of females with and without dyslexia. "Females have been overlooked?. Our research suggests that we need to tackle dyslexia in each sex separately to address questions about its origin and potentially, treatment," says Guinevere Eden, director, Center for the Study of Learning, Georgetown. ...> Full Article


Researchers discover a missing link in signals contributing to neurodegeneration (5/20/2013)

In a new highly detailed study, researchers have discovered a previously missing link between over-stimulation and destruction of brain tissue, and shown that this might be a target for future drugs. ...> Full Article


Study finds brain system for emotional self-control (5/20/2013)

Different brain areas are activated when we choose to suppress an emotion, compared to when we are instructed to inhibit an emotion, according a new study from the UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Ghent University. In this study, published in Brain Structure and Function, the researchers scanned the brains of healthy participants and found that key brain systems were activated when choosing for oneself to suppress an emotion. ...> Full Article


Hit a 90 mph baseball? Scientists pinpoint how we see it coming (5/19/2013)

How does San Francisco Giants slugger Pablo Sandoval swat a 95 mph fastball, or tennis icon Venus Williams see the oncoming ball, let alone return her sister Serena's 120 mph serves? For the first time, vision scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have pinpointed how the brain tracks fast-moving objects. ...> Full Article

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Relationship troubles? Some sad music might help you feel better

Multilingual survey research: Do poor translations cause bias?

Wireless signals could transform brain trauma diagnosticsWireless signals could transform brain trauma diagnostics

Trying to be happier works when listening to upbeat music

Study finds 'owning' a darker skin can positively impact racial bias

Brain frontal lobes not sole centre of human intelligence

Grammar errors? The brain detects them even when you are unawareGrammar errors? The brain detects them even when you are unaware

Serotonin mediates exercise-induced generation of new neurons

Brain rewires itself after damage or injury, life scientists discover

Laughter perception networks in brain different for mocking, joyful or ticklish laughter

Brain, not eye mechanisms keep color vision constant across lifespan

Brain anatomy of dyslexia is not the same in men and women, boys and girls

Researchers discover a missing link in signals contributing to neurodegeneration

Study finds brain system for emotional self-control

Hit a 90 mph baseball? Scientists pinpoint how we see it coming



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