Imaging pinpoints brain regions that 'see the future'
...uman mind relies on the vivid recollection of past experiences to prepare itself for future challenges, suggesting that envisioning the future may be a critical prerequisite for many higher-level planning processes. Other study co-authors are Jason M. Watson, a Washington University doctoral graduate now assist......s to commit something to memory, hundreds of other experiences are being sorted and perhaps stored. A message passed between two neurons is like person-to-person e-mail rather than a listserv. It does not trigger a global response in the brain's processing network. Sound complicated? "That's right," says Helm...Getting to the bottom of memory
...hese signals become stronger the more often a cell experiences the same stimulus allowing it to distinguish familiar information from news. In other words a cell remembers an event as an unusually strong and long-lasting signal. This phenomenon called long-term potentiation (LTP) is thought to underpin learning ...More women students choose engineering -- but not as a career
...after an industrial placement, throws light on the experiences of women in a largely male-dominated environment, ...e mature or part-time students. They had different experiences and priorities to the mostly post A-level undergraduates at the other establishment involved, a pre-...A unique twin study on the increased cardiometabolic risk in obesity
...d socioeconomic background and other environmental experiences and exposures. Serum patterns of small molecules such as lipids reflect the homeostasis of the organism. However, classical measurements of lipids in the clinical setting are unable to detect early changes and abnormalities in specific metabolites....Merck and AAAS announce 2007 winners of Outstanding Undergraduate Research Programs
... enhance undergraduate education through research experiences that emphasize the interrelationship between chemistry and biology; encourage students to pursue graduate education in chemistry and life sciences; and foster undergraduate programs and activities that bridge chemistry and biology. ...... exploits and an opportunity to interact and share experiences with other science divers. ...Survey finds perceived risk of recurrence low in African-American breast cancer survivors
... a continued sense of vulnerability. "Because past experiences with disease may still be salient to women who thi...ptions, especially how they may be related to past experiences with disease, Halbert said. "We can enhance genetic counseling if we develop a better understanding ...Sequencing human history -- The genetics and commerce of personal ancestry
.... Gina Paige of African Ancestry, Inc. will relate experiences of African-Americans who have discovered their roots through DNA testing. And Sandra Soo-Jin Lee of the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics will comment on social and ethical implications of defining people by their DNA. The event will be open ...Stanford professor to discuss the ups and downs of 'team science'
..., they will take those skills of communication and experiences of collaboration with them into the workplace, Zare wrote in a chapter on collaborative research for an upcoming publication by the American Chemical Society. Shared goals Communication and the alignment of goals between researchers are vital...Public agrees global warming exists, but divided over seriousness of problem
...he media, President Bush's rhetoric and real-world experiences on public consensus on the seriousness of global warming. "The news media have been committed to covering this story in a balanced' way," he said, giving a small minority of scientists who discount the crisis equal play with the "99 percent of exp...'Dilbert of academia' brings humor to talk at UH
...uate students, and his talk will draw upon his own experiences to inject humor into the lives of stressed out academics. He also will explore what causes anxiety among academics and the myths and guilt associated with procrastination. In addition to having appeared in student newspapers including those at...Birds found to plan for the future
...irds are shown to have learned from their previous experiences of food scarcity, storing food for future use in places where they anticipate future slim pickings. The researchers at the University of Cambridge believe this is the first known example of future planning in animals. On alternate mornings eight ja...Treating male infertility with stem cells
...The American Journal of Pathology. When a couple experiences infertility, the man is just as likely as the woman to be the cause. Male infertility may arise from failed proliferation and differentiation of the germ cells (precursors of sperm) or from dysfunction of the supporting cells. New research is looking...National panel led by LSU Chancellor releases report on Corps of Engineers
... of Engineers is responsible. The Katrina and Rita experiences are painful reminders that when systems fail, the consequences are much more than dollars and cents." OKeefe and the panel also call for the use of dedicated budget and planning procedures. The outcome should be to finance projects recognized as n...Out-of-body experiences may be caused by arousal system disturbances in brain
... states into one another. To survey out-of-body experiences that occurred during sleep transition, patients we...A similar question was posed to survey out-of-body experiences during near death, which asked subjects if during their experience they had "clearly left the body a...Largest physics meeting of the year, in Denver
...att of Wyatt Technology Corporation will share his experiences starting his own company. His first attempt failed, but he took the lessons learned and successfully started a second venture, commercializing new instrumentation for studying the laser-scattering properties of cola. Other speakers offering their ent...Study advances evidence for receptor's role in alcohol pleasure and problems
...es bind to opioid receptors in the brain to signal experiences of reward and reinforcement, as well as the euphoria and other positive subjective effects produced by alcohol. Previous studies have shown that, among the brains various subtypes of opioid receptors, the mu-subtype is most likely responsible for tr...UGA research shows rats are capable of reflecting on mental processes
...sms of this ability. Reflecting on ones own mental experiences is a defining feature of human existence, and the demonstration of metacognition in rats suggests that this type of cognition may be widespread among animals. Does it mean, for example, that rats are "conscious," and could that also be true of other ...... begin in adulthood, Juraska said. "We know that experiences are very potent in younger children because their brains are developing," Juraska said. "So if there is another time that the brain is changing, then everything that happens can be written in and magnified more than during stable times." The findin...