1 month ago
Linkorama : Is surfing the Internet altering your brain? - yes
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deusx : BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Banjo used in brain surgery - "A musician who underwent brain surgery to treat a hand tremor played his banjo throughout to test the success of the procedure. Eddie Adcock is one of the pillars of Bluegrass Music and realised his tremor could threaten his ability to perform prof
Andy Baio : Bluegrass musician plays banjo during his brain surgery - his ability to play was used as a measure of the surgery's success [via]
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10 month ago
43folders : The Autumn of the Multitaskers - voa df via rands
adamrg : The Autumn of the Multitaskers
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31 month ago
merlinmann : Science Friday: Dread on the Brain - SciFri on the "Neurobiological Substrates of Dread." Short version: it's the wait and anticipation that gets you. Fascinating stuff.
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32 month ago
plasticbag : Singing might have helped social cohesian in early humans and may even predate language - "Because music has grammar-like qualities such as recursion, it might have served an even greater function. With music in the brain, early humans had the neural foundation for ... symbolic thought and language."
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34 month ago
kayodeok : Creating Passionate Users: Brain death by dull cubicle - "Complex surroundings create a complex brain." On the other hand: "Dull, lifeless work environments cause brain damage."
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34 month ago
deusx : The Wisdom of Parasites. The Loom: A blog about life, past and future - Attack of the Pod Roaches
jkottke : The world's coolest parasite; it makes zombie cockroaches! - The world's coolest parasite; it makes zombie cockroaches! When it wants to lay its eggs, the Ampulex compressa wasp stuns a cockroach, numbs its brain, steers it back to its nest, lays an egg inside it, and eventually a larvae forms, it lunches on the co
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47 month ago
plasticbag : Mind Hacks: Review in The Guardian - Mr Webb's book gets a glowing review / regurgitation of the press release in Guardian Review. The book remains highly recommended!
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