Monthly Archives: August 2024

Riken Centre for Brain Science, Japan: How different areas of the prefrontal cortex influence time variability in individual monkeys. “This information could help to tailor rehabilitation for people with injuries to their prefrontal cortex.” … “The prefrontal cortex—the brain region responsible for many of our higher cognitive functions—is thought to be involved. “It’s a metric that degrades with aging but also with brain damage, especially to the prefrontal cortex,” notes Tanaka. “But not much else is known beyond that.” Comment This is of particular interest to people frontal lobe damage from TBI, or Stroke.

Posted on August 8, 2024 by michelleclarke2015

Jul. 18, 2024  Research Highlight Biology How different areas of the prefrontal cortex influence time variability in individual monkeys Different areas of the prefrontal cortex show very different effects on the time variability in decision-making activities Figure 1: The variability in … Continue reading →

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Riken, Centre for Brain Science Japan: Dopamine treatment alleviates symptoms in Alzheimer’s disease

Posted on August 8, 2024 by michelleclarke2015

Search Aug. 7, 2024 Press Release Biology Medicine / Disease Dopamine treatment alleviates symptoms in Alzheimer’s disease A new way to combat Alzheimer’s disease has been discovered by Takaomi Saido and his team at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science (CBS) in Japan. … Continue reading →

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Times of Israel. Sleepwalking into a regional war

Posted on August 8, 2024 by michelleclarke2015

Featured Post Sleepwalking into a regional war The hostage deal is nearly dead, in no small part thanks to Netanyahu’s duplicity. His indecision is an existential threat to Israel Aug 8, 2024, 3:57 PM Please note that the posts on … Continue reading →

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RTE News: Colin Farrell launches his foundation for adult children with special needs in US. Comment: We never know what impacts in another person’s life. Thank you Colin and your son James for sharing.

Posted on August 8, 2024 by michelleclarke2015

Colin Farrell launches his foundation for adult children with special needs in US Updated / Thursday, 8 Aug 2024 10:29 Colin Farrell has announced he has launched The Colin Farrell Foundation in the US to support adult children with special … Continue reading →

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Eurasia Review: North Korea’s Missile Gamble: A Dangerous New Chapter In The Korean Peninsula Crisis – OpEd

Posted on August 7, 2024 by michelleclarke2015

File photo of North Korea test-firing ‘Long-Range Cruise Missile’: KCNA North Korea’s Missile Gamble: A Dangerous New Chapter In The Korean Peninsula Crisis – OpEd  August 7, 2024  0 Comments By Simon Hutagalung The recent deployment of 250 ballistic missile launchers by … Continue reading →

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Whitehall Study. English Civil Service – Baboons in the Serengeti and what we can learn from this invaluable. Research over years. Professor Sir Michael Marmot, UCL, Institute of Health Equity. Book “The Health Gap”.

Posted on August 3, 2024 by michelleclarke2015
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EL PAIS: Why it’s not good to replay conversations in your head

Posted on August 3, 2024 by michelleclarke2015

Select: subscribeLOG IN Health MENTAL HEALTH Why it’s not good to replay conversations in your head Unresolved emotions and unspoken words provoke imaginary exchanges in which we try to trick the brain. The rumination is often triggered by feelings of … Continue reading →

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El Pais: Celebrity suicides produce an infection-like contagion effect

Posted on August 3, 2024 by michelleclarke2015

Suicide Celebrity suicides produce an infection-like contagion effect A team of infectious disease experts has created a model based on the death of Robin Williams that helps calculate the risk of suicidal behavior after a celebrity takes their own life … Continue reading →

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Please share: One horrific atrocity at Stockport but opportunists must be identified. This video from Mike Galsworthy helps us distinguish between two events, the latter being the Far Right with their social networking call to arms, having no regard for the people so affected earlier in the day by the murder and mayhem by a lone 17 year old.

Posted on August 1, 2024 by michelleclarke2015

Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy · Follow The thugs who visited Southport for the day were not solemn or even angry -they were excited and having fun. They were willing to traumatise a community, police included, already traumatised by a mass stabbing. … Continue reading →

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The MIT Press Reader: Mind-Reading and Neuroplasticity: In Conversation With Neurologist Alvaro Pascual-Leone – July 2024

Posted on August 1, 2024 by michelleclarke2015

Mind-Reading and Neuroplasticity: In Conversation With Neurologist Alvaro Pascual-Leone “The brain is never the same from one moment to the next throughout life. Never ever.” By: Adolfo Plasencia On the wall opposite Alvaro Pascual-Leone’s birth house, on a street in … Continue reading →

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