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Hippocampus plays bigger memory role than previously thought Human memory has historically defied precise scientific description, its biological functions broadly but imperfectly defined in psychological terms. In a pair of papers published in the November 2 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience, researchers at the University of California, San Diego report a new methodology that more deeply parses how and where certain types of memories are processed in the brain, and challenges earlier assumptions about the role of the hippocampus. Specifically, Larry R. Squire, PhD, a Research Career scientist at the VA Medical Center, San Diego and professor of psychiatry, neurosciences, and psychology at UC San Diego, and Christine N. Smith, PhD, a project scientist, say that contrary to current thinking the hippocampus (a small seahorse-shaped structure located deep in the center of the brain and long associated with memory function) supports both recollection and familiarity memories when these memories are strong. Squire, Smith and John T.
What is Trust? Explanations > Trust > What is Trust? Predictability | Value exchange | Delayed reciprocity | Exposed vulnerabilities | So what? Trust is both and emotional and logical act. Emotionally, it is where you expose your vulnerabilities to people, but believing they will not take advantage of your openness. Logically, it is where you have assessed the probabilities of gain and loss, calculating expected utility based on hard performance data, and concluded that the person in question will behave in a predictable manner. In practice, trust is a bit of both.
October is Lewy Body Dementia Awareness Month To be honest, I didn’t really learn about Lewy Body Dementia (LBD) until I read a press clipping from New York University Langone Medical Center. I typically associate October with falling leaves, the sudden appearance of pumpkins everywhere, and my birthday, so I was surprised to learn that this month is also dedicated to raising awareness for a disease that affects about 1.3 million people in America. Despite its prevalence, LBD is under-treated and under-recognized. It’s often misdiagnosed as Alzheimer’s disease (AD) or Parkinson’s disease, despite being the second most-common form of dementia (surpassed only by AD). People with LBD typically experience a more rapid functional decline than those with Alzheimer’s, and there is a shorter interval between placement in a nursing home and death. Raising awareness is important because it leads to proper diagnoses, more research, and better treatments.
How Will We Collaborate if We Can’t Trust Each Other A few years ago, I had a big snowcrash moment about the power of networks and the web, envisioning the amazing potential that could be unleashed if we could just build our networks and weave them all together. Fast forward 18 months or so, and I find myself embedded within overlapping networks of networks…. and yet I still don’t see the magic happening that had appeared so clearly in my mind. What’s the deal? I chuckle now looking back at my own starry-eyed naivete, as if it were enough to just be connected.
High Brainwaves Critical for Learning and Memory Scientists at MIT were studying the brains of rats as they learned how to navigate through a maze. They found that during the first few trials there was a lot of activity in high-frequency brainwaves, including beta waves (between 13-30 cycles per second) and gamma waves (between 30-100 cycles per second). Once the rats learned the maze, activity in these brainwaves decreased. This suggests that high frequency brainwaves are associated with learning and memory. And once the task was learned, future trials showed the rats were in a much more relaxed and low frequency brain state.
domain name, web site hosting, email, registration How is a privacy policy valuable to me and my customers? Increasingly, customers expect online businesses to post a privacy policy. The level of customer sophistication about privacy practices is increasing rapidly, and they are likely to leave a web site if its privacy policy is unclear or doesn’t indicate a sufficient level of commitment to protecting information.
New imaging after strokes opens doctors', victims' eyes at Edison hospital Noah K. Murray/The Star-LedgerDr. Jawad Kirmani looks into the eye of Rob Schneider during a neurological check up at JFK Medical Center in Edison. EDISON — Nausea and dizziness descended on Jasal Amin one Monday last June.
Klout and PeerIndex Don’t Measure Influence. Brian Solis Explains What They Actually Do Whether you like it not, Klout, Kred, PeerIndex, and Radian6 are measuring your social capital — not your influence but your potential for it. Altimeter Group’s principal analyst Brian Solis today releases a free report that explains why influence is largely misunderstood, and breaks down what 14 of the top measurement services are really good for. It eradicates consumer myths about one of social media’s hottest trends, and gives brands an action plan for making money with these tools. You can see and download “The Rise Of Digital Influence” report on Slideshare, or check it out here along with my key takeaways and analysis of why these products are flawed now but have big potential. For the world’s social media users: accept that you’re already being indexed by these services, and they’re going to sell data about you. ‘Influence’ scores are going to become more important with time.
Brain Free Lecture My Account > Free Content Free Video Lecture: Memory and the Brain Taught by Dr. Jeanette Norden Vanderbilt University Ph.D., Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Privacy management on social media sites Social media has changed the public discussion about managing “privacy” online. As social media use has become a mainstream activity, there has been an increasingly polarized public debate about whether or not “privacy” can be dismissed as a relic in the information age. On one side of the debate is what might be called the privacy-is-dead camp.
Oxytocin is detected in individuals that exhibit more trust. If you can increase the levels of oxytocin, you can help drive trust. One way to increase oxytocin is through social interaction (Facebook, hugs, etc.). Nations with more trust tend to be more propsperous. You tend to trust those who trust you. by billnelson Mar 8