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Neuroeconomics: Making Big and Small Decisions
Behind every economic decision you make is a host of biases, hormone fluctuations, and firing neurons.
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Will America Be a Land Where Only the Rich Get PhDs?
Two bills are under consideration by congress that could slow the pace of scientific research if signed into law.
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Put Working Memory to Work in Learning
How did working memory earn the title "the brain's workhorse"?
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Should Scientists Be Political?
The March for Science will occur April 22, 2017 across the nation and the world, with a significant turnout expected in Washington D.C.
Art, Music, and the Brain: Creative Approaches to Community Health
Ping Ho, founder and director of UCLArts and Healing, describes how art education is a matter of public health.
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Concussion: Players’ Experience and the Future of Research
A former NFL player and a roundtable of scientists discuss concussions and traumatic brain injuries.
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Military Related Traumatic Brain Injury and the Future of Research
Lisa Brenner, an associate professor at the University of Colorado, talks about traumatic brain injury in military personnel and symptoms that many people experience when they've had a head injury.
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Neurolaw: Combining Neuroscience and Criminal Justice
As neurolaw grows at remarkable pace, judges are still determining how, whether, and when to support brain science in the courtroom.
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The Neuroscience of Gaming, Part IV: A Critical Look at the Role of Games in Health Care
With a number of brain training games being tested in research labs and others already on the market, important ethical questions remain: Do they work? Are there any risks? Neuroscientist Martha Farah addresses these and other questions.
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The Truth Behind “Brain-Based” Learning
In this video, Janet Zadina uncovers the truth behind some of the most commonly held brain-based learning myths.
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To Learn by Example
The sphinx moth might also be able to detect other scents floating around Tucson’s eighth annual Festival of Books event.
Meldonium, Tennis Star Maria Sharapova’s Performance enhancing Drug Explained
Tennis star Maria Sharapova has admitted to using the performance-enhancing drug meldonium, which boosts brain and body power and endurance. Here’s how it works.
Memory, Eyewitness Testimony, and the Courtroom
Juries consider eyewitness testimony to be highly reliable evidence. But just how reliable is it?
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