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• The primate brain is 'pre-adapted' to face potentially any situation

  10-06-2016 23:35
  Scientists have shown how the brain anticipates all of the new situations that it may encounter in a lifetime by creating a special kind of neural network that is 'pre-adapted' to face any eventuality.
  
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• Activity of nerve cell in freely moving animal analyzed by new robot microscope system

  10-06-2016 17:27
  Researchers have developed a novel robot microscope system that automatically tracks a freely moving small animal and manipulates its brain activity with 'projection mapping.'
  
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• 'Invisible wounds of war' now visible

  10-06-2016 15:52
  Scientists have discovered a unique pattern of scarring in the brains of deceased service members who were exposed to blast injury that differs from those exposed to other types of head injury.
  
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• Individuals exposed to blue wavelength lights experienced faster reaction times

  10-06-2016 15:47
  A new study found that blue wavelength light exposure led to subsequent increases in brain activity in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) and the ventrolateral prefrontal cortex (VLPFC) when participants were engaging in a cognitive task after cessation of light exposure.
  
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• California patients and doctors wrestle with assisted suicide

  10-06-2016 15:22 via nytimes.com
  In the states with assisted suicide laws, the number of people who request and take medication to hasten dying has steadily increased.
  
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• Donald Trump: the modern-day Nero ready to burn down America? | Jamieson Webster

  10-06-2016 14:00
  
  The most famous of Roman rulers was not erratic to begin with, but only became so once he was seduced by spectacle. Trump is not too different from himDonald Trump has been diagnosed in the media over and over again, called everything from a malignant narcissist to a pervert. While many would concur that he is simply personality disordered of some variety or another, maybe, some wonder, he could even be psychotic, paranoid – a real madman deep down.Diagnosing public figures that one has no
  
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• The psychopath in you | Lucy Foulkes

  10-06-2016 11:04
  
  Psychopathic traits are not reserved for prisons or psychiatric hospitals - we’re all somewhere on the spectrumThere is a questionnaire, the Self-Report Psychopathy Scale, which assesses psychopathic traits in the general population. There are twenty-nine statements, and the respondent indicates the extent to which each statement applies to them, from “strongly agree” to “strongly disagree”. Early in my PhD, a friend asked if he could see the questionnaire. He read
  
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