Posted by on under iphe, ipod touch, wit, genius, few minutes, web browser, trivia, quiz, brain |

Specifically created for the iPhone and iPod Touch but playable in any modern web browser, Trivia Why’s Daily Quiz keeps you sharp with a few minutes of exercise for the left side of your brain and a touch of wit for the right. Know all the answers? Congratulations, you’re a trivia genius! Not so sharp [...]
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Posted by on under digg, tripper, receptors, brain |

Psychedelics over-stimulate serotonin receptors in the brain, resulting in a blissful experience or a horrifying one.



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Posted by on under current biology, ucl, blink, ld, brain |

WARNING: You will be aware of every blink from now on. Sorry. Blinking temporarily switches off parts of your brain, according to a study published in the latest issue of Current Biology. The University College London (UCL) team found that the brain actively shuts down parts of the visual system each time you blink...



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Posted by on under unaffected children, autm, brainwaves, infancy, autism, spectrum, brain |

Researchers believe they have discovered a potential way of spotting autism in early infancy by scanning the brainwaves...They've discovered that children with autism spectrum disorders recognize sound a fraction of a second slower (11 milliseconds) than unaffected children, making detection possible through scans...



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Posted by on under kitchen clutter, reace, sweet kitchen, multitask, gadget, heaven, brain |

It’s no secret that kitchen clutter equals brain clutter. So if some new gadget wants in to my kitchen, it must: Make my life easier
Multitask like a robo-wizard
Replace two or more items with just itself, or
Make the space look more attractive And if it does all those things, obviously I’m in heaven.
Here are a few [...]
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