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You have probably seen those ads promoting listening to thing while going sleep like audiobooks or lectures in order to get smarter or improve cognitive function or something like that. I have always been skeptical of those. I thought “How could you possibly learn while unconscious?” It doesn’t seem possible. It is like something outContinue reading “Remembering while Sleeping”

I came across another interesting article today. As I have said before I am very interested in neuroscience, and the topic of this article is very intriguing. The article discuss a developing field in neurology known as neuro-stimulation. This is a relativity new form of neural therapy with no precise methodology. Its effects and applicationsContinue reading “Neuro-Stimulation”

I have recently watched a TED Talk on human communication and how it works which you can find here. And I found it incredibly interesting and I encourage you to go watch it. In the talk, Uri Hasson described several experiments and outcomes of experiments in his lab. In the first experiment, his team putContinue reading “Coming Together With Communication”

The brain is a very mysterious part of our body. What we do know pales in comparison to what we don’t know. I recently watched a TED Talk called The Neuroscience of Restorative Justice by Dan Reisel. Dan is a neuroscientist who researches human behavior. He had a chance to meet a prison inmate whoContinue reading “Can the Brain Rewire Itself?”

So, I have been reading a book titled Cognitive Science: An Introduction to the Science of the Mind by José Luis Bermúdez. It is a textbook that delves deep into the field of cognitive science and what it really is. The reason I am reading this book because I want to become a neurologist. Early preparation andContinue reading “About a Book I am Reading”

            Autism comes with many restrictions including those of diet. Along the natural allergies and intolerances my sister has, autism make it harder for her to digest foods containing gluten, diary, and high sugar. Although these can and often do develop outside of autism, autism can bring with it more problems along with just notContinue reading “The Importance of Diet”

A while back, I watched a TED Talk by Tan Le, the founder of EMOTIV. It was a showcase of their newest product: Brainwear®. I found it very fascinating. This is device was a wearable EEG. An EEG (electroencephalogram) is a way to detect the brain’s electrical activity. It gives us insight into what partsContinue reading “EMOTIV’s Wearable EEG”