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- Brain rejuvenation breakthrough: Limiting glucose could spark new neuron growth https://studyfinds.org/brain-rejuvenation-glucose/ 16 comments
- Human Brain Is Limiting Global Data Growth, Say Computer Scientists http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/27379/ 6 comments
- Bottlenecks in the brain limit our ability to multitask http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2011/08/bottlenecks-in-the-brain-limit-our-ability-to-multitask.ars?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed%3A+arstechnica%2Findex+%28ars+technica+-+featured+content%29&utm_content=google+feedfetcher 33 comments cogsci
- How Physics Limits Brain Miniaturization http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=axon-animations-limits-of-intelligence 4 comments science
- Brain limits http://www.merkle.com/brainlimits.html 15 comments science
- Hey Reddit, you may want to read this book: The Overflowing Brain: Information Overload and the Limits of Working Memory http://avaxhome.ws/ebooks/science_books/psychology_behavior/0195372883.html 2 comments reddit.com
- The brain is not a computer and the limits of computation as the basis of cognition https://blog.srazavi.com/essays/2020/04/28/are-our-minds-like-computers-1.html 32 comments philosophy
- A cap on their brains: How parents limit their children by neglecting local languages http://thenationonlineng.net/a-cap-on-their-brains-how-parents-limit-their-children-by-neglecting-local-languages/ 3 comments linguistics
- Brains in a Vat Argument Not Good Enough - Limited use knocks down the soundness of the argument https://www.reddit.com/r/philosophy/comments/4xvyw0/brains_in_a_vat_argument_not_good_enough_limited/ 28 comments philosophy
- What is the memory capacity of the human brain? Is there a physical limit to the amount of information it can store? http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=what-is-the-memory-capacity 47 comments science
- Brain's limitations on multitasking: It sounds so simple: draw a circle with one hand, and a square with the other. http://whyfiles.org/shorties/220square_circle/ 3 comments science
- [@SkySportsF1] "One of the limitations is that it starts to get quite overheated especially my brain in the car" Yuki Tsunoda has been working with a psychologist trainer who was 'the reason' Yuki was able to 'step up to Formula 1' https://twitter.com/SkySportsF1/status/1545083745455292418 49 comments formula1
- New football helmets could limit brain injuries https://student.societyforscience.org/article/new-football-helmets-could-limit-brain-injuries 16 comments nfl
- If our brains have to be cooled like computer chips, is there a limit on how big they can be? http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/23570/ 12 comments science
- How a quirk of the brain prevents us from caring about climate change. A very human way of thinking is limiting our ability to stop the climate apocalypse. Some of us can overcome it https://www.salon.com/2022/05/08/prognostic-myopia/ 35 comments environment
- A study finds that people are aware of surprisingly limited color in their peripheral vision; much of our sense of a colorful visual world is likely constructed by our brain. https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2020/06/02/1922294117 5 comments science
- Better Blood Sugar Control in Teens May Limit Diabetes-Related Brain Damage https://neurosciencenews.com/blood-sugar-brain-diabetes-21328/ 8 comments futurology
- Our brains have an upper limit on how much they can process at once due to a constant but limited energy supply, according to a new UCL study using a brain imaging method that measures cellular metabolism. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2020/aug/energy-demands-limit-our-brains-information-processing-capacity 29 comments science
- A new study may have revealed the reason that our memory has limitations. The researchers found that trying to retain too much information in our working memory leads to a communication breakdown between parts of the brain responsible for maintaining it. https://www.city.ac.uk/news/2018/april/loss-of-brain-synchrony-may-explain-working-memory-limits,-says-study 35 comments science
- Marijuana and the Brain: How do people who consume enormous quantities of marijuana suffer from few or no obvious ill effects? The human body places natural limits on the effects of THC http://www.marijuanalibrary.org/brain2.html 30 comments politics
- Engineers translate brain signals directly into speech 🗣Advance marks critical step toward brain-computer interfaces that hold immense promise for those with limited or no ability to speak http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/01/190129081919.htm 13 comments worldnews
- Brains vs. AI: Carnegie Mellon Computer Faces Poker Pros in Epic No-Limit Texas Hold’Em http://www.scientificcomputing.com/news/2015/04/brains-vs-ai-carnegie-mellon-computer-faces-poker-pros-epic-no-limit-texas-holdem 13 comments artificial
- IBM takes a (feline) step toward thinking machines - Scientists say they've made a breakthrough in their pursuit of computers that "think" like a living thing's brain — an effort that tests the limits of technology http://tech.yahoo.com/news/ap/20091118/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_ibm_brain_mapping 6 comments technology
- The startling impact of early life adversity. Findings imply that this rapid maturation could limit the window for neuroplasticity, potentially affecting the development of higher brain functions and predisposing individuals to cognitive and mental health challenges later in life https://www.psypost.org/2024/02/the-startling-impact-of-early-life-adversity-revealed-in-new-neuroscience-research-221474 43 comments science
- Poverty negatively impacts structural wiring in children’s brains involving white matter tracts, which plays a critical role in helping the brain process information. Childhood obesity and limited access to enriching cognitive stimulation may partially explain this link. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2806419 19 comments science
- Massive health-record review links viral illnesses to brain disease. Study ties common viruses such as flu to Alzheimer’s and other conditions — but the analysis has limitations, researchers warn. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00181-3 2 comments science
- Could learning algebra in my 60s make me smarter? | The Guardian | New Yorker writer Alec Wilkinson struggled with maths at school, finding inspiration in literature instead. But aged 65, in the hope of unlocking a new part of his brain, he decided to put the limits of his intelligence to the test https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/aug/07/could-learning-algebra-in-my-60s-make-me-smarter-alec-wilkinson-a-divine-language-extract 72 comments math
- Academic education can positively affect aging of the brain. The initial findings of a long-term study show that certain degenerative processes are reduced in the brains of academics. Their brains are better able to compensate age-related cognitive and neural limitations. https://www.media.uzh.ch/en/Press-Releases/2021/Aging-of-the-Brain.html 17 comments science
- Compared with human-raised wolf pups, dog puppies that had limited exposure to people were still 30 times as likely to approach a strange human, suggesting that domestication has reworked dogs’ brains to make them innately drawn to people. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/dog-puppy-brain-people-wolves-domestication 23 comments science
- [Meinke] Lions’ Dan Campbell: “I said this to Chris (Spielman) the other day, I was like, ‘I love the fact we’re only known as meatheads.’ I’m a meathead? I have limited brain capacity? I like (that people think) that. I’m good with that, you know what I mean? I have zero problem with it.” https://www.mlive.com/lions/2021/02/lions-dan-campbell-shrugs-off-criticisms-about-introductory-news-conference.html 97 comments nfl
- Brain benefits of exercise can be gained with a single protein. A liver protein may be responsible for the well-known benefits of exercise on the aging brain, according to a new study in mice. The findings could lead to new therapies on people who are unable to exercise due to physical limitations. https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2020/07/418041/brain-benefits-exercise-can-be-gained-single-protein 8 comments science
- [Draglikepull] The reason the salary cap exists is to limit the amount of money teams spend on player salaries. All these galaxy brain ideas to "fix" the cap conveniently ignore that. https://twitter.com/draglikepull/status/1142813942496075777 207 comments hockey
- Music helps to build the brains of very premature babies, finds a new brain imaging study, which demonstrated how music specially composed for premature infants strengthens the development of their brain networks and could limit the neurodevelopmental delays that often affect these children. https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-05/udg-mht052719.php 662 comments science
- Columbia Engineers Translate Brain Signals Directly into Speech. Advance marks critical step toward brain-computer interfaces that hold immense promise for those with limited or no ability to speak. https://zuckermaninstitute.columbia.edu/columbia-engineers-translate-brain-signals-directly-speech 15 comments science
- A new study adds more evidence against the idea of hypnopedia, or the ability to learn during sleep. While the brain is capable of hearing different sounds during sleep, the ability to accurately group these sounds into a sequence disappears, which may put a limit on the sophistication of lessons. https://www.sciencealert.com/listening-to-tapes-while-sleeping-is-unlikely-to-improve-learning 40 comments science
- We have 'eyes in the back of the head,' study shows: Scientists used a visual search experiment to prove humans have the ability to perceive things beyond the limits of the visual field. Our brain constructs a 360° world even though visually we are usually only aware of the area in front of us. https://www.inquisitr.com/4898738/we-have-eyes-in-the-back-of-the-head-study-shows/ 815 comments science
- Low-income children score lower on standardized tests of achievement and 15% to 20% of that developmental difference might be attributed to the deleterious effects of limited family resources on relative brain development http://archpedi.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=2381542 1461 comments science
- Scientist discover that our own feelings can distort our capacity for empathy. This emotionally driven egocentricity is recognized and corrected by the brain. However, when the right supramarginal gyrus doesnt function properly or when we have to make quick decisions, our empathy is severely limited http://www.mpg.de/7560736/supramarginal-gyrus-empathy 39 comments science
- Dr. Drew outraged over videotaped beating, explains effects – It shatters the brain's upper limit of its ability to regulate and actually changes the way the brain grows such that, we are talking about damaging an organ – and that's how this should be prosecuted in my opinion http://drdrew.blogs.cnn.com/2011/11/03/dr-drew-outraged-over-videotaped-beating-explains-negative-effects/?iref=obinsite 2 comments politics
- OK. So the bankers think that an executive pay limit for bailed out banks will result in a brain drain. Doesn't that mean these oh-so valuable execs will go to non-bailed out banks, and use their amazing talents to boost those up? Have some free-market cake and eat it! http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&ct=us/0-0&fp=49981eb0070dbe74&ei=iz-ysb2zayaqnqd7-a8k&url=http%3A//www.bloomberg.com/apps/news%3Fpid%3D20601103%26sid%3Daiesfqwnpiea%26refer%3Dnews&cid=1304167779&usg=afqjcneyagygolduqvlxgnxpdkjgo_ochq 43 comments business