Category Archives: Brain

Your Brain on Alcohol – Explained

Posted on December 3, 2012 by Caspar

Here’s a wonderfully little video about what alcohol does to your brain. It is the latest in a sequence of short science videos made by ASAP Science. A previous video explained Marijuana. This one covers a lot of things very … Continue reading →

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Imaging the brain on psychedelics – Dr. Robin Carhart-Harris

Posted on April 29, 2012 by Caspar

Dr. Robin Carhart-Harris is one of the first researchers in 40 years to be allowed to investigate the effects of psychedelic drugs. He used a FMI brain imager to study the resting state activation in the brains of volunteers how … Continue reading →

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Your Brain on Food aka There are no magic beans.

Posted on April 6, 2012 by Caspar

Lifehacker.com have nice article summarising some of the more recent research on what foods are good for the brain. They’ve interviewed a couple of genuine experts on nutrition (Itself no mean achievement in field with plenty of quacks) Lifehacker spoke to … Continue reading →

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