Braincast 270 Die einen stellen das Immunsystem des Gehirns. Die anderen vollbringen architektonische Merkwürdigkeiten mit berauschendem Effekt. Und die dritten bilden womöglich ein innerhirniges Paralleluniversum – über das wir nicht viel wissen.

 
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• Demystifying The Mind
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• Brainstorming Doesn’t Really Work
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• Neuron Memory Key to Taming Chronic Pain, New Research Suggests
• Brain-Imaging Technique Predicts Who Will Suffer Cognitive Decline Over Time
• Cut Your Valentine Some Slack: Partner’s Efforts at Improving Your Relationship Should Not Be Ignored
• Falling in love makes men broody
• Trällern und Zwitschern: Einblicke in den Gesang der Vögel
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• Brains Do It: Lust, Attraction, and Attachment
• The Brain Signature of Love
• When Nerve Meets Muscle, Biglycan Seals the Deal
• Sleeplessness agitates the brain – As fatigue grows, electrical activity mounts
• The Brain Our Strange, Important, Subconscious Light Detectors
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• Puzzle Play Helps Boost Learning Math-Related Skills
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• The Forgetting Pill Erases Painful Memories Forever
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• Gene Affecting the Ability to Sleep Discovered in Fruit Flies
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• Neuroscientists Identify How the Brain Works to Select What We (Want To) See
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• Musical Creativity and the Brain
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• What Can Animals’ Survival Instincts Tell Us About Understanding Human Emotion?
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• Daniel Gilbert: The Situation of Good Decisions
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• Hormones, Sexual Dimorphism, and the Brain—A Primer

SHOWNOTES

Schöner Anfang, ein Wiederentdeckung des Glücks-Braincast: Raining Colours von Torchomatic, dann Trance Blackman mit dem etwas süßen Enchanted, latent schräg ist Uma Floresta mit The Roundabout, nett ist Potter´s Mix von Union of The Faded Shadows. Wir enden mit Beauty von DigiTube.