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Video Game Play Sharpens Elderly Minds

Elderly people who played a video game that challenged their brain processing speed showed improvements in executive function compared with those who did crossword puzzles. Amy Kraft reports...

Disappointingly, D j Vu not a Glitch in the Matrix

Ed. note: this blog was originally posted at Sleights of Mind. “Deja-Vu x”, By Doris Redrupp: http://smillakatz.blogspot.com/2011/01/deja-vu.html I hate to break it to all you Keanu Reeves fans out there, but a study from Colorado State University suggests that déjà vu is not what “happens when they change something” in the Matrix...

Neuroscientists Weigh In on Obama's BRAIN Initiative

Shortcomings include the focus on just one type of cell and on activity rather than neuronal network architecture

Are Doctors Diagnosing Too Many Kids with ADHD?

Some boys may be labeled incorrectly with the condition, but undertreatment may be the bigger problem

Zooniverse: Notes from Nature

Help make information about natural history collections available via the Internet

Autism Linked to Placenta Abnormalities

A new finding could enable detect of increased risk of autism at birth, which could enable early treatment or interventions

Scientists Identify Neurons That Register Itch

New Treatments Tackle Multiple Sclerosis

New medicines for multiple sclerosis have made a big difference in patients' lives, but a breakthrough in therapy may require rethinking the origins of the disease

Is the World's Top Neuroscience Group Quashing Dissent on the U.S. BRAIN Initiative?

The president of the Society for Neuroscience asked its members to stay positive about a multibillion project to record all the brain's neurons in action, but some psychologists have called foul on this scientific advocacy...

New Music Tickles or Bores Brain Region

Listeners' reactions to new music were associated with activity in the nucleus accumbens, a section of the brain's pleasure center. Sophie Bushwick reports

Getting to Know Your Inner Charlatan

Managing editor Sandra Upson introduces the May/June 2013 issue of Scientific American MIND

The Reading Brain in the Digital Age: The Science of Paper versus Screens

E-readers and tablets are becoming more popular as such technologies improve, but research suggests that reading on paper still boasts unique advantages

Blockheads No More: New Technology Creates the See-Through Brain

Throughout History, Defining Schizophrenia Has Remained a Challenge [Timeline]

Less than 200 years ago schizophrenia emerged from a tangle of mental disorders known simply as madness. Today its diagnosis remains shrouded in ambiguity. Psychiatrists may discover that this disorder is not a single syndrome after all but a bundle of overlapping conditions...

How Real-Time Brain Scanning Could Alleviate Pain

New imaging methods allow people to observe their brain activity in real-time. This technology could help combat brain-based disorders and improve learning

An Internal Sedative Could Help Treat Troubled Slumber

New insights into the relentless exhaustion suffered by people with a rare disorder may help treat several sleep conditions

Faulty Sleep Mechanism Might Cause Trauma to Linger

Traumatic memories persist when our nighttime memory-erasing process fails

What's Next for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine?

Scientists Decipher the Healing Powers of Placebos

Scientists are dissecting the placebo effect in hopes of deploying its active ingredients as treatments

Rewiring a Damaged Spinal Cord [Video]

New treatments leverage “neuroplasticity,” the nervous system’s innate ability to repair itself