Biochemist Gregory Petsko makes a convincing argument that, in the next 50 years, we’ll see an epidemic of neurological diseases, such as Alzheimer’s, as the world population ages. His solution: more research into the brain and its functions
Source: TED
I came across this great video today in the Telegraph– If you have children and worry about the effect that playing violent video games has on them you will find this fascinating
Robbie Cooper’s film stills capture children’s faces as they play violent video games and form the basis of an art project that could also help us understand the effects of spending time in a virtual world.
Click to continue reading Sam Leith’s article
In addition the The New York Times has also just put up a portfolio of pictures from The Immersion Project that features American and British Kids.
Here is a link to Robbie Coopers Blog
Source: Telegraph New York Times
Following the theme of frazelled brains I that started with yesterdays posted video -if you can’t live without your mobile phone you may find this current research from Lund University, in Sweden – on how cell phone radiation affects the brains of lab animals rather alarming.
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TGIF… I guess this is why our brains are frazzled by Friday!
