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Posts Tagged ‘atención’
23 December, 2009 08:30 § in Brain and health
El cannabis daña el cerebro de los jóvenes más de lo que originalmente se pensaba.
The damaging effects of this illicit drug on young brains are worse than originally thought, according to new research by Dr. Gabriella Gobbi, a psychiatric researcher from the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre. Canadian teenagers are among the largest consumers of cannabis w[...]
4 December, 2009 09:48 § in Brain Dynamics
Ilusión auditiva: cómo nuestros cerebros pueden llenar los vacíos para crear un sonido continuo.
It is relatively common for listeners to “hear” sounds that are not really there. In fact, it is the brain’s ability to reconstruct fragmented sounds that allows us to successfully carry on a conversation in a noisy room. Now, a new study helps to explain what happens in the brain [...]
24 November, 2009 10:31 § in Brain and health
Un estudio con ratones sugiere un nuevo tratamiento para el síndrome de Down.
At birth, children with Down syndrome aren’t developmentally delayed. But as they age, these kids fall behind. Memory deficits inherent in Down syndrome hinder learning, making it hard for the brain to collect experiences needed for normal cognitive development. Now, findings from the Stanford[...]
6 February, 2009 12:03 § in Brain Connectivity, Brain Dynamics
Dinámica Cortical.
I recently watched this talk (below) by Joaquin Fuster. His theories provide a good integration of cortical functions and distributed processing in working and long-term memory. He also has some cool videos of likely network interactions across cortex (in real time) in his talk.[...]