Do Brain Games Really Make You Smarter?

There's a lot of conflicting research out there about brain training games. It seems like they're helpful, but are they actually working to improve our intelligence? Anthony wades through the research to determine the actual value of brain games.

Do Brain Games Really Make You Smarter?

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Brain Teaser Games May Slow Aging Mind
by Denise Chow

A Randomized Controlled Trial of Cognitive Training Using a Visual Speed of Processing Intervention in Middle Aged and Older Adults
by Fredric D. Wolinsky

Q&A: New Evidence Shows Brain-Training Games Don't Work
by Christie Nicholson

Mirror Neurons

Why do sports fans feel so emotionally invested in the game, reacting almost as if they were part of the game themselves? According to provocative discoveries in brain imaging, inside our heads we constantly "act out" and imitate whatever activity we're observing. As this video reveals, our so-called "mirror neurons" help us understand the actions of others and prime us to imitate what we see.

NOVA scienceNOW : 1 - Mirror Neurons

Brain Is Command Center for Aging

Brain Is Command Center for Aging
Inflammation in the hypothalamus may induce degeneration in tissues throughout the body.
By Kate Yandell

Why Can't We Remember Being Babies?

Why can't we recall being born? It was kind of a big day, so you'd think we'd remember. Anthony looks at how the inner workings of a baby's brain differs from that of a full grown adult.

When Do Babies Become Conscious?
by BY Paul Gabrielsen

Babies Have Consciousness
by Stephanie Pappas

Why Don't We Remember Being Babies?
by Benjamin Shouse

3 Ways To Improve Your Memory

Have you never forgot something important?
Do you have to have the power of never forgotten?
There are ways to cheat~ Let's learn them to get 100 for all the tests~

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Human emotion and memory: interactions of the amygdala and hippocampal complex
by Elizabeth A Phelps


Sniffing Rosemary Improves Memory
by Amanda Onion

Top 10 Ways to Improve Your Memory
by Molly Edmonds

science education: "Just a Theory": 7 Misused Science Words

a nice article that I should use before the kids start designing their lab set up
"Just a Theory": 7 Misused Science Words

Why Do We Cry?

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Emotional Tears as Biological Signals 
by Oren Hasson

There are biological reason to cry...... So Man You Can Cry now~