neuroscience

News stories about neuroscience typically draw conclusions or make predictions well beyond the focus of the original study Contrary to public perception, MRI brain scanners are not mind-reading devices. Photograph: Rex Features A recent...

Neuroscience a new front in global warfare, experts say Reuters Feb 7, 2012 – 3:30 PM ET An image of the human brain taken through scanning technology By Kate Kelland LONDON — Directed energy weapons that use wave beams to cause pain, and electrical brain stimulation that boosts...

Zen Brain: Exploring The Connection Between Neuroscience And Meditation by ROSHI JOAN HALIFAX This past August, more than 50 people gathered in the Circle of the Way temple at Upaya Zen Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico, to explore the connection between neuroscience and meditation. This is the...

Neuroscience: How to Train the Aging Brain By BARBARA STRAUCH Published: December 29, 2009 . . . Brains in middle age, which, with increased life spans, now stretches from the 40s to late 60s, also get more easily distracted. Start boiling water for pasta, go answer the doorbell and whoosh...