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Karnataka crisis: Siddaramiah accuses Modi, Shah of destabilising govt
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Bengaluru [Karnataka], July 09 (ANI): Former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramiah on Tuesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah of being the "brains" behind the attempt to destabilise the JD (S) Congress coalition government in the state, saying both leaders ar
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Octopus arms may have minds: Study
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 7 (ANI): A research studying the behavior and neuroscience of octopuses suggests that the mollusc's arms may have minds of their own.
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How neuromodulation helps patients recover after a stroke
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 27 (ANI): The current approach used for brain stimulation to rehabilitate patients after a stroke does not look into the diversity of lesions and the individual characteristics of the brains of patients, finds a recent study.
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Playing puzzles makes brains of older adults sharper
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], May 16 (ANI): An online study has found that older adults who regularly took part in word and number puzzles have sharper brains.
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Researchers find brain region reserved for Pokemon characters
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 7 (ANI): Here's an interesting piece of information for all the Pokenerd out there. Recent findings have identified preferential activation to Pokemon characters in the brains of people who played Pokemon videogames extensively as kids.
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Why humans make moral decisions?
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 19 (ANI): A recent study claims to answer the much-debated question - Why people make certain moral decisions? Some people may rely on principles of both guilt and fairness and may switch their moral rule depending on the circumstances, study suggests.
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Brain's structural wiring - reason for Conduct disorder in children
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 19 (ANI): Wiring of nerves in brains in different individuals could possibly be a reason for antisocial behavior among young people, claims a study.
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Gender identity leaves imprint on human brains: Study
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 18 (ANI): The society's expectations about gender roles have a very deep impact on human beings even as the subject has not yet made its way to mainstream debates. According to a recent study, it can alter the human brain at the cellular level.
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Use of marijuana during pregnancy can adversely affect offspring's brain
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A], Apr 10 (ANI): A new study has revealed that the use of marijuana by pregnant women to relieve morning sickness can affect the developing babies' brains. The study was presented at the meeting 'Experimental Biology 2019'.
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Heavy alcohol use may slow brain growth
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 2 (ANI): A new study has revealed that heavy use of alcohol among adolescents and young adults can actually slow the rate of growth in developing brains.
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Smoking, high blood pressure, diabetes, obesity linked to unhealthy brain
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA] Mar 13 (ANI): If there weren’t enough already, here is another reason to let of go of unhealthy addictions. According to a recent study, factors that influence the health of our blood vessels, such as smoking, high blood and pulse pressures, obesity and diabetes, are li
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CRISPR twins may be the first humans with ‘accidentally’ enhanced brains
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Cambridge [USA], February 22 (ANI): Chinese twins, named Lulu and Nana, had their genes altered before birth with gene-editing tool called CRISPR in order to make them immune to acquiring HIV that causes AIDS. Now, scientists believe that the twin girls, born last year, may have had their co
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