"At nineteen, it seems to me, one has the right to be arrogant; time has usually not begun its stealthy and rotten subtractions," wrote Stephen King. There is a long-held belief in North American society that adolescents drive faster and party harder than the adults they grow up to be. Now, a team of researchers at Cornell University has ...
Do you know the signs and symptoms of stroke? The longer a stroke goes untreated, the greater the potential for permanent brain damage or physical disability. A new Canadian study entitled 'Early Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Transient Ischemic Attack and Minor Stroke: Do it or Lose it' has found that minor stroke patients who receive early MR Imaging ...
It was only a matter of time before the ghostly beauty of MR images were used to inspire art. British singer-songwriter Sivu has just released the first-ever music video to employ real-time MRI technology in order to capture moving images of his singing profile. Directed by Adam Powell and made possible through the expertise of ...
Addiction is a controversial topic. There are many people who do not accept its status as a disease, concluding that willpower is the sole solution to a person's addictive urges. Researchers looking for a cure for addiction at the University of Pennsylvania, however, know this is not the case. Using MRI to scan the brains ...
For centuries, the creative process has remained a mystery, but the exploratory nature of MRI technology is now able to pick up which parts of the brain are activated during improvisation and spontaneous creation. Two LA-based rappers, Daniel Rizik-Baer and Michael Eagle, teamed up with researchers Allen Braun and Siyuan Liu of the National Institute ...
If you've ever wondered how you can feel sorry for someone who has gotten themselves into a problem of their own making, it's because when you empathize with someone, your brain is rendered incapable of analytical thought. A new MRI study of the brain conducted by researchers at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland has ...