Brainwashing: The Science of Thought Control. Book by Kathleen Taylor Contents[edit] According to Taylor, cults emphasize positive aspects of the group over negative aspects of outsiders, endlessly repeat simple ideas in "highly reductive, definitive – sounding phrases", and refer to "abstract and ambiguous" ideas associated with "huge emotional baggage".[8] Taylor writes that brainwashing involves a more intense version of the way the brain traditionally learns.[7] In the final portion of the book, Part III: "Freedom and Control", Taylor describes an individual's susceptibility to brainwashing and lays out an acronym "FACET", a tool to combat influence and a totalist mindset.[1] FACET stands for Freedom, Agency, Complexity, Ends-not-means, and Thinking.[1] The FACET model is based on Lifton's eight criteria for thought reform, and Taylor emphasizes education and freedom of thought as a way to negate some of these criteria.[1] Reception[edit] See also[edit] References[edit] Further reading[edit] Taylor, Kathleen (October 8, 2005).
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High resolution MRI together with powerful image processing techniques has made it possible to perform these measurements automatically over the whole brain. Here we present a method for automatically generating voxel-based cortical thickness (VBCT) maps. This technique results in maps where each voxel in the grey matter is assigned a thickness value. Copyright © 2008 Elsevier Inc. Effects of memory training on cortical thickness in the elderly - memory.pdf.
Cortical thickness changes following spatial navigation training in adulthood and aging - EW_Cortical_2012.pdf. Pathogenesis of HIV in the Central Nervous System. Epigenetics: A Turning Point in Our Understanding of Heredity | Guest Blog. In a study published in late 2011 in Nature, Stanford University geneticist Anne Brunet and colleagues described a series of experiments that caused nematodes raised under the same environmental conditions to experience dramatically different lifespans. Some individuals were exceptionally long-lived, and their descendants, through three generations, also enjoyed long lives. Clearly, the longevity advantage was inherited. And yet, the worms, both short- and long-lived, were genetically identical. This type of finding—an inherited difference that cannot be explained by variations in genes themselves—has become increasingly common, in part because scientists now know that genes are not the only authors of inheritance.
There are ghostwriters, too. At first glance, these scribes seem quite ordinary—methyl, acetyl, and phosphoryl groups, clinging to proteins associated with DNA, or sometimes even to DNA itself, looking like freeloaders at best. Epigenetics and the state of chromatin. Brain rehearsal time ensures lasting memory performance. U of A researchers have established that the brain's ability to rehearse or repeat electrical impulses may be critical in making a newly acquired memory more permanent. U of A psychology professor Clayton Dickson likened the process to someone trying to permanently memorize a phone number: "We repeat the number several times to ourselves, so hopefully we can automatically recall it when needed.
" Dickson, the lead researcher on the project, says that neurons likely rehearse the process for recalling newly installed memories by using the brain's downtime to send and resend signals back and forth, establishing well practiced synaptic connections. "Those connections allow the brain to retrieve the memories, and rehearsal ensures that they last for a long time," said Dickson. "It was previously thought that only biochemical processes, like protein synthesis, were important for solidifying memories. " Dickson says this work could lead to beneficial results. Brain's inherent ability to focus learning discovered. Medical researchers have found a missing link that explains the interaction between brain state and the neural triggers responsible for learning, potentially opening up new ways of boosting cognitive function in the face of diseases such as Alzheimer's as well as enhancing memory in healthy people. Much is known about the neural processes that occur during learning but until now it has not been clear why it occurs during certain brain states but not others.
Now researchers from the University of Bristol have been able to study, in isolation, the specific neurotransmitter which enhances learning and memory. Acetylcholine is released in the brain during learning and is critical for the acquisition of new memories. Its role is to facilitate the activity of NMDA receptors, proteins that control the strength of connections between nerve cells in the brain. This discovery of a role for SK channels provides new insight into the mechanisms underlying learning and memory.
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