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A truly fascinating journey into the relationship between the brain and paranormal experience. Dr. Turner and William Henry discuss the brain as a tool of higher consciousness, and what so-called paranormal experiences actually relate to how the brain functions.

Dr. Turner is also involved in a project that is designed to document the near-death experience and prove that there is a survival after death.

Dr. Turner’s website is JohnLTurner.com.

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We wouldn’t need to build artificial brains if we could improve the ones we already have. Complex physical manipulations such as juggling produce major changes in white matter (basic structure) of our brains. Neurologists discovered this when they gave fMRI scans to people who were taught to juggle before and after their 6 week course.

BBC News quotes researcher Heidi Johansen-Berg as saying, “Of course, this doesn’t mean that everyone should go out and start juggling to improve their brains. We chose juggling purely as a complex new skill for people to learn.”
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An ARTIFICIAL brain! – Scientists are working to build a living computer. Maybe they ought to concentrate on creating an artificial brain instead (or are these the same thing?)

Neuroscientists think that a machine that duplicates all the functions of a human brain is only a decade away. Physorg.com quotes researcher Henry Markram as saying, “I absolutely believe it is technically and biologically possible. The only uncertainty is financial. It is an extremely expensive project and not all is yet secured.”
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People from different cultures often do not always read each other right. One example of this is the distance that they stand apart when talking face to face to strangers or acquaintances. In some cultures, people stand much closer to each other than we do, meaning that the American keeps backing up when talking with someone he doesn’t know well.

Now neuroscientists have found the brain structure that is responsible for our sense of personal space. Since different cultures express it differently, are our BRAINS different as well? The brain structure that controls this is the amygdale, a pair of almond-shaped regions located in the medial temporal lobes in the front of the brain. It is also considered the source of emotion in the brain.
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