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Boosting Brain Fitness An Emerging Market - INFOGRAPHIC

Comments (0) | alzheimer's disease, brain, Health, healthy living, memory, mental health, retail

Kelsey Richards
Graphics Artist

An infographic examining the relatively new, and successfully growing, market of "brain fitness".

What's The Best Way To Study?

Comments (1) | brain, China, Gui Xue, Psychology, science, Science, studying

Rebecca Buddingh
Staff Reporter

Recent research on memory retention contradicts past teachings.

The New Lie Detector: fMRI Machine Verifies Memories

Comments (1) | brain, court, fMRI, memory, neuroscience, polygraph, Science

fMRI Machine (Creative Commons)

Tommy Sander
Staff Reporter

Scientists analyze the memories of individuals to detect lies in court.

Can Our Genes Determine If We're Cold-Blooded Killers?

Comments (0) | brain, genes, Jim Fallon, killers, nature, nurture, Science

Fallon Family: Killer Chromosomes?

Lindy Tolbert
Staff Reporter

Have our genes destined us to certain behaviors, or do we still have a choice?

Exercise Affects The Human Brain

Comments (0) | brain, exercise, Living, neon tommy, neuroscience, new york times, noggin, salk institute, well blog

Exercise signs. (Creative Commons)

Rebecca Buddingh
Contributor

Can frequent exercise actually elicit higher brain power in humans? Scientists think so.

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