Laika made the latest Dutch Grand Round of this year, will it continue? Please join the discussion on her blog in the comments. The theme of this Grand Round is past (what has been, history), present (hot news) and future (what to expect, wish, foresee). Interesting theme and a good read this Dutch Grand Round and Happy New Year to all our readers. Related posts:Dutch Grand Round 1.3 Dutch Grand Round is up: Grote Visite Dutch Grand Round 9 ..read more »

2008 has been an eventful year to say the least - it is difficult to sum up the thousands of stories in just a handful of photographs. That said, I will try to do what I've done with other photo narratives here, and tell a story of 2008 in photographs. It's not the story of 2008, it's certainly not all stories, but as a collection it does show a good portion of what life has been like over the past 12 months. This is a multi-entry story, 120 photographs over three days. Thanks Boston.com Related posts:The Year in Pictures: Impressive Background Information Moodstream .....read more »

We knew this already, Green Tea and Red Wine and Dark Chocolate provide a degree of protection against coronary heart disease. But it also improves cognitive function. The team from Oxford’s Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics and Norway examined the relation between cognitive performance and the intake of three common foodstuffs that contain flavonoids (chocolate, wine, and tea) in 2,031 older people (aged between 70 and 74). And guess what they found: Those who consumed chocolate, wine, or tea had significantly better mean test scores and lower prevalence of poor cognitive performance than those who did not. But take care, more research would .....read more »

The author of a recent article in Cyberpsychologie and Behavior as discussed on this blog in the post: Effect of Blogging on Well-Being: Increased Social Support and Satisfaction is doing a new research. You can view his credentials on his website: James Baker, BA(Psych). They are doing a new study: Social Networking and Blogging: Psychosocial and Motivational Aspects, you can read the informed consent. The survey will take 15-22 minutes. After reading the informed consent you can start the survey, I did it, was easy and quick. So fellow bloggers support this study, you can even win a nintendo DS. Related posts:Effect .....read more »

The next few days Dr Shock will be reorganizing his computers. Yes he has a few for different purposes. Will keep you posted on his progress but posting will be light for the next few days. This picture is of Schiermonnikoog were I spent the previous weekend. You can see some more on here on flickr. No related posts. ..read more »

Thanks Libby Related posts:International Space Archives Pictures and Videos The Neuroscience of Interpersonal Space A Step Towards Private Space Travel ..read more »

Brain Blogging a review of the latest blogs related to the brain and mind that go beyond the basic sciences into a more human and multidimensional perspective on BrainBlogger. Welcome to the forty-second edition of Brain Blogging. In this round, we discuss the profession of neurology, the transforming power of stroke, whether suicidal behaviors should make the DSM V, potential location of autism genes, and many more topics. Related posts:Brain Blogging, Forty-Ninth Edition Brain Blogging, Forty-Seventh Edition Brain Blogging, The Fourty-Fifth Edition ..read more »

Two most popular posts according Wordpress Blog Stats this year were Sex, Video Games and the Brain and How much Chocolate is Good for your Health? Popularity is probably mainly based on the title and keywords (or was it the picture?). The first post discusses the differences between results of brain imaging in men and women while playing video games. While playing video games on a computer men generally exhibit greater activation of the mesocorticolimbic reward circuitry and also greater connectivity. Male were more effective in gaining space and learned the implicit goal faster than females. This was the .....read more »

When your retina gets damaged your vision gets seriously impaired. Main causes for damage to the retina are diabetes, hypertension but also old age. A technological solution to that problem might be the "Bionic Eye". Light amplification could be achieved by implanting quantum dots – nanoscale specks of semiconductor – into the retina. These fluoresce when hit by photons and would have the effect of making any received retinal image brighter. Quantum dots have several advantages: they require no external power source, are much smaller than silicon chips, and can be coated with a bioactive material that causes them to become lodged .....read more »

How many poets could cram eBay, Friendster and Monster.com into 3-minute poem worthy of a standing ovation? Enjoy Rives' unique talent. Puts Internet Addiction in a whole new perspective, enjoy Related posts:Internet Addiction Digital Divide in Internet Addiction? Internet Addiction in DSM V? ..read more »