The Mind News: Page 3

Paul Allen Commits $300 Million to Institute Pursuing Knowledge About How Brain Works (March 23, 2012): Microsoft co-founder Paul G.

Study Finds Sexually Deprived Male Fruit Flies Become Binge Drinkers (March 15, 2012): Scientists at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) have discovered that sexually deprived male fruit flies drink far more than sexually satisfied male flies.

Researchers Say Words Using Letters Typed on Right Side of Keyboard Invoke More Positive Emotions (March 7, 2012): Researchers say they have found that words spelled with letters on the right of the keyboard are associated with more positive emotions than words spelled using letters on the left side.

Russian Mogul Plans to Transplant Live Human Brains Into Robots Within 10 Years (March 2, 2012): Russian media mogul Dmitry Itskov announced at the Global Future 2045 International Congress that he is launching a project, called Avatar, that involves implanting live human brains into robots.

Diet Low in Omega-3 Fatty Acids May Cause Brain to Age Faster (February 29, 2012): Researchers have found that a diet lacking in omega-3 fatty acids, nutrients commonly found in fish, may cause the brain to age faster and lose some of its memory and thinking abilities.

Scientists Create Mind-Reading Program That Translates Recorded Brain Activity Into Words (February 1, 2012): The Guardian reports that researchers recorded the brain activity of volunteers while they were listening to audio of spoken words.

Scientists Test Counting Ability of Pigeons (December 26, 2011): Scientists at the University of Otago tested the counting ability of pigeons and found they can count up to nine.

Video: Monkeys Meditate for Marshmallows (October 21, 2011): New Scientist reports that monkeys were trained to put themselves into a Zen-like trance for a marshmallow reward.

Johns Hopkins Study Finds Ingredient in Magic Mushrooms May Create Long Lasting Personality Change (September 29, 2011): A Johns Hopkins study has found that a single dose of hallucinogen psilocybin - the active ingredient in mushrooms nicknamed "magic mushrooms" - may cause a measurable personality change lasting at least a year.

Scientists Reconstruct Rough Images of Movie Clips People are Watching From Brain Scans (September 25, 2011): Scientists from the University of California, Berkeley, have used brain scans to reconstruct rough computer reconstructions of videos that people are watching.

New Lie Detector System Uses Thermal Imaging (September 13, 2011): CNN reports that UK scientists have created a new lie detector system that uses dual cameras.

Brain Cells Are Not Killed During Alcohol-Induced Blackouts Say Researchers (August 14, 2011): Sometimes people drinking large amounts of alcohol will experience a blackout, a short period of amnesia that can last from a few minutes to several hours.

Neuroscientists Explain Motion Aftereffect Optical Illusion (June 28, 2011): Stare at the X in the center of the image in the video above.

David Eagleman Says We Have Very Little Conscious Control to the Machinery of Our Brain (June 14, 2011): Neuroscientist David Eagleman - author of Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain - says we have very little conscious access to the machinery of our brain.

Study Finds Humans Reactions Became Faster and More Forceful When They See Red (June 3, 2011): A new research study has found that when humans see red, their reactions become both faster and more forceful.

Researchers Find Multiple Cortical Areas Work Together in the Brain to Identify Faces (May 31, 2011): Carnegie Mellon University's Marlene Behrmann, David Plaut and Adrian Nestor have discovered that an entire network of cortical areas work together to identify faces.

Study Finds Brain Neurons Turn Off in Sleep-Deprived Rats (April 27, 2011): A new study of rats found that the more rats are sleep-deprived, the more some of their neurons take catnaps - with consequent declines in task performance.

Study Finds Students Who Believe in Angry, Vengeful God Are Less Likely to Cheat (April 20, 2011): University of Oregon psychologist Azim F.

Alzheimer's Diagnostic Guidelines Updated (April 19, 2011): Alzheimer's diagnostic guidelines have been updated for first time in decades.

Study: Brains of Older Adults Less Adept at Switching Rapidly Between Tasks (April 17, 2011): Human brains are not built for multitasking.

Study: Brain Instantly Rotates Reflected Words Seen in Mirror, Then Stops (March 31, 2011): A team of scientists from the Basque Centre on Cognition, Brain and Language (BCBL) says their study shows, for the first time, that the human brain can mentally rotate words seen in a mirror around and understand them automatically and unconsciously, at least for a few instants.

Study Finds Middle-Aged Brains Perform Better at Some Cognitive Tests (July 29, 2010): Dr.

Study Finds Lucky Charms Can Boost Performance (July 13, 2010): Many athletes are very superstitious.

Researchers Believe Romantic Love is an Addiction (July 8, 2010): LiveScience.

Study Finds Baby Brain Scans Show Signs of Schizophrenia (June 21, 2010): Most schizophrenia cases aren't detected until a person starts experiencing symptoms, such as delusions and hallucinations, as a teenager or an adult.