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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

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Scientists Win Nobel For Discovering GPS In The Brain

Comments (0) | 2014, Alzheimer's, Bartlett Mel, brain, brain mapping, british, Caleb Finch, Edvard Moser, experiment, GPS, grid cells, Health, hippocampus, John O'Keefe, May-Britt Moser, medicine, neuroscience, nobel, Nobel Prize, norway, physiology, place cells, rats, science, scientist, Scott Kanoski, USC, USC's Alzheimer Disease Research Center

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Rachel Cohrs
Staff Reporter

Neuroscientists weigh in on the latest discovery.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

'Goddess' By Banks: Album Review

Comments (0) | alternative, banks, banks goddess, brain, goddess album review, goddess banks, jillian banks, Lana del Rey, london ep, Lorde, Los Angeles music, Marina and the Diamonds, Music, r&b, rock, Sara Bareilles, the weeknd, Thornton School of Music, waiting game, you sould know where i'm coming from

Jillian Morabito
Music Editor

Deposit feelings, withdrawal wisdom.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Foods That Boost Your Brain Power

Comments (2) | avocado, blueberry, Boost, Boost Your Brain Power With Food, brain, Bristol University, chocolate, coffee, Cognitive, Concentration, fat, fish, Food, Food, harvard, Health, memory, omega-3, power, tea, With, Your

Janelle Cabuco
Staff Reporter

These five foods are solutions to good mental health. 

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Obama Details $100 Million Brain Mapping And Research Initiative

Comments (0) | Barack Obama, brain, BRAIN Initiative, brain research, Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies, Congress, Obama, President Obama, Science+Tech

Brain scan (Paul Burnett/Creative Commons).

Agnus Dei Farrant
Executive Producer

Obama said the initiative would create jobs and boost the economy. 

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Exercise Improves Memory, New Study Finds

Comments (1) | brain, cognition, exercise, Health, Health, memory, stroke, study

Rebecca Dancer
Contributor

New Study finds exercise improves cognitive functioning for stroke patients.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

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".

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

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. 

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

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.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

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? 

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

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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