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University of Bristol researchers have discovered a new group of molecules called called mirror-microRNAs that control some of the fundamental processes behind memory function and may hold the key to developing new therapies for treating neurodegenerative diseases. 
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Our brain is a powerful, plastic organ, encompassing the ability mold itself into powerful tools and adapt to ever-changing environments. The evolutionary predisposition to prefer sweet, high fat foods plus the enticing stimuli entering from food media can equal a higher likelihood of becoming obese and acquire chronic diseases. By enacting larger scale social interventions, as well as implementing smaller scale individual interventions, Canadians could enjoy a healthier life, free from diet-related mortality and morbidity. Articles about NEUROSCIENCE: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=neuroscience
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"Ninety-nine hundredths of our activity is purely automatic," the psychologist and philosopher William James famously wrote. "All of our life is nothing but a mass of habits." James was pointing out that, though we give habits little thought, they define our lives: how much we eat, save or spend, how often we trek to the gym and what we say to our kids each night.
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Monty Python may claim credit for immortalizing the “silly walk,” but molecular biology beat the comedy troupe to the punch. Articles about robotics: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=robotics
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In order to look at how a brain in love functions, Fisher and her team used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). This technique allowed them to take snapshots of the brain while volunteers were shown photographs of their lover. When looking at the brains of men or women who were happily in love, Fisher found that specific regions associated with goal‐oriented behaviours lit up. This suggested to her that love is not an emotion but a motivation. Being in love motivates you to be with your lover. This is the biological basis of falling madly in love (in a nutshell).
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"We do socialize our boys and girls differently, but the contribution of biology is not zero," said Diane Halpern, a professor of psychology at Claremont McKenna College in California, who has been studying cognitive gender differences for 25 years.
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To Kandel, the research reflects a larger truth: that consciousness and decision-making, what we know of as the human mind, arises in the brain: "All mental functions, from the most trivial reflex to the most sublime creative experience, come from the brain." Articles about NEUROSCIENCE: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?page=1&tag=neuroscience
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Biology determines our behaviour more than it suits many to acknowledge. But people—and politics and morality—cannot be described just by neural impulses Articles about NEUROSCIENCE: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?page=7&tag=neuroscience
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New research at Oregon State University provides evidence for the first time that disruption of circadian rhythms – the biological 'clocks' found in many animals – can clearly cause accelerated neurodegeneration, loss of motor function and...
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In the latest of a series of remarkable studies, researchers from the RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology in Kobe, Japan report that embryonic stem cells grown under special conditions can spontaneously organize themselves into a partial pituitary...
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