Links for this Post:GoFlow: a DIY tDCS brain-boosting kit by Sebastian Anthony on ExtremeTech Neuroscience Brain Buzz in Nature by Douglas Fox — read the article and download the PDF (image above from article) Zap your brain into the zone: Fast track to pure focus by Sally Adee in the New Scientist A new way to increase mental performance is the current buzz on the Internet. Buzz is an appropriate word for tDCS short fortranscranial direct-current stimulation a method of applying electrical current directly to the brain, with promised befit the doubling of mental performance, including learning and creative problem Read more »
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By Bruce Eisner
New Study Shows No Mental Imparement Results from Ecstasy (MDMA) Use
Ecstasy does not wreck the mind, study claims
published in the Guardian UK cites a large scale study of MDMA users conducted by John Halpern of Harvard and published in the Journal of Addiction. Halpren is quoted in the article:
Essentially we compared one group of people who danced and raved and took ecstasy with a similar group of individuals who danced and raved but who did not take ecstasy. When we did that, we found that there was no difference in their cognitive abilities." In other words, previous studies highlighted problems triggered by other factors, such as use Read more »
By Bruce Eisner
Researches Reverse Aging in Mice by Telomere Tweak
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Telomere Tweaks Reverse Aging in Mice — Wired
Breakthroughs in Aging — CNN Video
Harvard scientists partially reverse aging in mice by altering an enzyme that prevents the break down of chromosomes.
I was watching CNN while watching breakfast this morning when this intreguing story about the reversal of aging in a rat study at Harvard came on the air. Elizebeth Cohen, one of their medical correspondents interviews the scientist and the study sounds encouraging.
Telomeres are an important portion of our genetic material which many scientitists believe is involved in the aging process. Its fairly Read more »
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