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EddieV - Introducing Muse: Changing The Way The World Thinks. Into The Mind - Official Teaser. How Exercise Could Lead to a Better Brain. The most persuasive evidence comes from several new studies of lab animals living in busy, exciting cages.

How Exercise Could Lead to a Better Brain

It has long been known that so-called “enriched” environments — homes filled with toys and engaging, novel tasks — lead to improvements in the brainpower of lab animals. In most instances, such environmental enrichment also includes a running wheel, because mice and rats generally enjoy running. Until recently, there was little research done to tease out the particular effects of running versus those of playing with new toys or engaging the mind in other ways that don’t increase the heart rate.

So, last year a team of researchers led by Justin S. Rhodes, a psychology professor at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Illinois, gathered four groups of mice and set them into four distinct living arrangements. Afterward, Rhodes’s team put the mice through the same cognitive tests and examined brain tissues. State of the Species. By Charles C.

State of the Species

Mann (This essay was a finalist for a 2013 National Magazine Award in the Essay category.) THE PROBLEM WITH environmentalists, Lynn Margulis used to say, is that they think conservation has something to do with biological reality. A researcher who specialized in cells and microorganisms, Margulis was one of the most important biologists in the last half century—she literally helped to reorder the tree of life, convincing her colleagues that it did not consist of two kingdoms (plants and animals), but five or even six (plants, animals, fungi, protists, and two types of bacteria). Until Margulis’s death last year, she lived in my town, and I would bump into her on the street from time to time.

EddieV - RSA Animate - The Power of Outrospection. Sophie Keller: How Happy is... How Your Body Reveals How You Feel. Have you noticed that when you get anxious or nervous you get an upset stomach, find yourself with a headache or become accident-prone?

Sophie Keller: How Happy is... How Your Body Reveals How You Feel

Are you the sort of person that eats more when depressed or stops eating altogether? When you're really happy, balanced and unchallenged you probably notice that you have enormous amounts of energy and are way less likely to catch any virus that is going around. The unity of body and mind is reflected in your state of health and really does give you an indication of how you are coping with the challenges in your life. If you have something physically wrong with you and you look back at what has been happening up to six months prior, you will probably find a connection as illnesses or accidents often come at times of change, such as moving home, a new marriage or getting a different job. The uncertainty and fear can easily upset your balance, and can leave you open to bacteria and viruses. Your arms express your inner most feelings and expression.

Ben Thomas: How Your Body Controls Your Mind. You might think that your body's metabolism reflects your state of mind, but a new study finds that the reverse is often true: Your biological clock actually opens and closes specific communication channels in your brain.

Ben Thomas: How Your Body Controls Your Mind

I can already hear some of you saying, "Well, obviously -- when I turned 12, I suddenly realized there were beautiful girls (or boys) everywhere, and I'd never noticed them before! " What we're talking about here is much more precise than hormonal shifts, though: Throughout every day and night, an area of your brain known as the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) "listens in" on your body's chemical state and responds by actively tinkering with the sensitivity of other neural pathways. This overturns a long-held belief about the brain: "The idea has always been that metabolism is serving brain function," says biologist Martha Gillette, who headed the study's research team. This raises a curious idea about thoughts themselves.

Yet somehow that never stops us. Good Things Come In Threes. News Sep 6, 2012 Many different cultures use the adage “good things come in threes,” and usually the sentiment revolves around luck.

Good Things Come In Threes

For what U.S. Men’s National Team head coach Jurgen Klinsmann is trying to build, the belief is that there is more to it than just luck. The U.S. has twice made history this year, winning for the first time against four-time World Cup champion Italy, then breaking a 75-year winless streak against regional rivals Mexico on their home soil with a 1-0 win on Aug. 15 at the vaunted Estadio Azteca. “Obviously, those are two big wins for U.S. The match on Feb. 29 in Genoa pitted the U.S. against an Italian side that boasted a 7-0-3 record versus the United States in a series dating back to 1934. “As a coach, you’re pleased because you see them progressing. “It took a lot of grit and determination,” Howard said. “As a whole team we're improving and developing. Www.makingsenseofmentalhealth.org/articles/mindfulyoga.pdf.