Get a hold of your Joy Sticks for a Smarter Ride: Video games and old Brains

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Click Here to Read:  A Multitasking Video Game Makes Old Brains Act Younger  By Matt Richtel in The New York Times on  September 4, 2013.

Click Here to Read:  A Racing Game to Rejuvenate the Brain? in Science Magazine on September 4, 2013.

The Gazzaley Lab

Gaming the system. Multitasking in this fast-paced virtual environment could help players fight off age-related mental decline.

Childhood Maltreatment and Psychopathology Affect Brain Development During Adolescence

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Click Here to Read: Abstract from: Childhood Maltreatment and Psychopathology Affect Brain Development During Adolescence by Sarah Whittle, Ph.D. , Meg Dennison, Ph.D., Julian G. Simmons, Ph.D., Murat Yücel, Ph.D., Dan I. Lubman, M.B.Ch.B., Ph.D., F.R.A.N.Z.C.P., Christos Pantelis, M.D., M.R.C.Psych., F.R.A.N.Z.C.P., and Nicholas B. Allen, Ph.D. in The Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Volume 52, Issue 9 , p.. 940-952.e1 July 01, 2013.  This article is available for purchase on this site.

Warning: this article involves brain-to-brain interfacing

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Click Here to Read:  Warning: this article involves brain-to-brain interfacing Remote control by brain is a good internet trick, not a scientific breakthrough. But neuroscience’s real frontiers truly are exciting by Anil Seth on the guardian.com website on August 28, 2013.

Using this information to evoke a movement in another person is rather trivial – the same signal could have been used to turn on the Blackpool Illuminations (above).’ Photograph: Chris Warren/Alamy