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First-time Internet users find boost in brain function after just one week
You can teach an old dog new tricks, say UCLA scientists who found that middle-aged and older adults with little Internet experience were able to trigger key centers in the brain that control decision-making and complex reasoning after just one week of surfing the Web.   The findings, presented Oct.
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Where religious belief and disbelief meet in the brain
When it comes to religion, believers and nonbelievers appear to think very differently. But at the level of the brain, is believing in God different from believing that the sun is a star or that 4 is an even number?   While religious faith remains one of the most significant features of human life, little is known about its relationship to ordinary belief.
Alterations in brain's white matter key to schizophrenia
White matter 'integrity' may be predictive of functional outcome Schizophrenia, a chronic and debilitating disorder marked in part by auditory hallucinations and paranoia, can strike in late adolescence or early adulthood at a time when people are ready to stand on their own two feet as fully independent adults.   Now scienti
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