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☆ 5 signs your kid is 'highly gifted,' according to neuroscience experts—'they're not always well-behaved'
  + stars: | 2023-04-15 | by ( Megan Cannella | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +3 min
Most gifted kids can learn and process information faster than kids their age and comprehend material several grade levels above their peers. I manage student applications at the Davidson Institute , where we've helped thousands of profoundly gifted children (or kids who score in the 99.9th percentile on IQ tests) reach their highest potential. It's common for gifted children. Emotional depth and sensitivity at a young ageNeuroscientists suggest that gifted children experience more intense emotional reactions to the world around them. Due to their asynchronous development, they may not yet have the emotional regulation skills to navigate those big feelings.
☆ Many of us fight sleep. Here's why we should stop
  + stars: | 2023-04-11 | by ( Nancy Lapid Simon Scarr Adolfo Arranz Jackie Gu Caitlin Gilbert | Nancy Lapid | Simon Scarr | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +14 min
When we've been awake for a long time, our sleep drive kicks in and tells us we need to sleep. During REM sleep, the cortex – responsible for cognition and emotion-processing – is activated in some regions and deactivated in others. After cycling through non-REM and REM sleep around 4 to 5 times, the basal forebrain and other structures receive signals to start exiting sleep. WHEN SLEEP GOES WRONGIn the U.S. alone, 50 to 70 million people experience some type of chronic sleep disorder, according to the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM). In the United States, a list of board-certified sleep medicine physicians and accredited sleep disorders centers is available from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.
☆ Why fighting the urge to sleep may be bad for our health
  + stars: | 2023-04-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +17 min
What happens when we sleep Sleep itself has cycles, in which the brain and body move through phases, marked by varying brain activity. Moving into REM sleep A region in the upper brainstem kickstarts the move into REM sleep. Waking up After cycling through non-REM and REM sleep around 4 to 5 times, the basal forebrain and other structures receive signals to start exiting sleep. Then we transition back to lighter sleep, into REM sleep and back down again, and so on until we wake up. Tips for better sleep Good sleep habits can contribute to better sleep, studies have found.
☆ MIT neuroscientists are testing a headset that uses a 'disco' of light and sound to treat Alzheimer's disease
  + stars: | 2023-03-22 | by ( Yeji Jesse Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Alzheimer's disease is a complicated and debilitating disease that has no cure. One startup is testing whether a "disco" of light and sound can slow the disease in patients. The startup is testing whether a "disco" of light and sound, delivered via a special headset, can slow the disease in patients by stimulating their brains. The company just raised $73 million from investors to evaluate its technology in about 500 people with early- to midstage Alzheimer's disease. Microglia help clear out amyloid, or proteins in the brain that are thought to be a major indicator of Alzheimer's disease.
☆ Kids who do these 12 things have 'highly sensitive' brains—why parenting experts say it's an 'advantage'
  + stars: | 2023-03-04 | by ( Jenn Granneman | Contributor Andre Sólo | Andre Sólo | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +2 min
As parenting researchers, we've seen this happen often with highly sensitive kids. But psychologists and neuroscientists have found that, in the right environment, kids with highly sensitive brains have rare advantages. The empathy advantage of highly sensitivity kidsNot only do highly sensitive kids show more creativity, awareness and openness than less-sensitive kids, but they possess an underappreciated trait: empathy. Here are the most common signs of highly sensitive kids: They notice subtle details, such as a teacher's new outfit or when furniture has been moved. Highly sensitive kids have an entirely different approach to their environment, and that is a strength.
☆ ChatGPT is for suckers
  + stars: | 2023-02-16 | by ( Adam Rogers | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +12 min
Chatbots are bullshit engines built to say things with incontrovertible certainty and a complete lack of expertise. What is it that makes human beings trust a machine we know is untrustworthy? After millennia of debate, the world's leading philosophers, psychologists, and neuroscientists haven't even agreed on a mechanism for why people come to believe things, or what beliefs even are. We want Google results to be true, because we think of Google as a trusted arbiter, if not an authority. The power of storyAnother possible explanation of why we're suckers for chatbots is that we're suckers for explanation.
☆ Elon Musk’s Neuralink shows brain implant prototype and robotic surgeon during recruiting event
  + stars: | 2022-11-30 | by ( Jackie Wattles | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +4 min
The event showcased a video that Musk said showed a monkey using a brain implant to control a cursor and type on a computer. Musk noted during the “show and tell” event that the primary goal of the evening was to recruit talent to Neuralink. Musk, however, also tends to emphasize non-medical uses, such as using brain implants to even the playing field, if digital artificial intelligence becomes smarter than any human. During Wednesday’s event, Musk was asked if Neuralink would plan to make its tools available to neuroscientists. Before Neuralink’s brain implants are mass produced and hit the broader market, they’ll need regulatory approval.
☆ I analyzed all 48,000 words of Jeff Bezos' Amazon shareholder letters. The visionary billionaire does 8 impressive things that prove he's a master of written communication.
  + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( Carmine Gallo | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +8 min
Thankfully, you won't need to wait for a business school to offer a class on the Bezos letters. Make the mission your mantraIn his first letter, Bezos laid out the principle that would drive the company's decisions for the next quarter century: customer obsession. In his 2017 shareholder letter, Bezos explained that while the quality of written memos varies widely, some have "the clarity of angels singing." Surround yourself with superstarsIn his 1998 letter, Bezos revealed the questions Amazon hiring managers ask themselves when they evaluate job applicants. Bezos wrote, "Day 2 is stasis.
☆ A psychologist says this is the No. 1 ‘sleep killer’—and it takes just 15 minutes to fix
  + stars: | 2022-11-02 | by ( Aric A. Prather | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +3 min
1 sleep killer isn't social media or an uncomfortable mattress — it's rumination . As a psychologist who studies sleep for a living , I've worked with hundreds of patients to improve their sleep through cognitive behavioral therapy. Your attention is drawn back, again and again, to this thing that didn't go well or to a regret. Here are two ways to stop ruminating at night — and they only take 15 minutes to do:1. A licensed clinical psychologist, he has helped hundreds of patients improve their sleep using cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia.
☆ Scientists Transplant Human Tissue into Rat Brains, Opening Door to New Research
  + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Daniela Hernandez | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Bioengineered human tissue transplanted into rat brains generated hybrid neural circuits that affected the animals’ behavior, researchers said, expanding a pathway for exploring brain development and the mechanics of some diseases. Neuroscientists at Stanford University transplanted tiny blobs of neural tissue known as organoids into the brains of newborn rats. The human cells grew and made functional connections within the rat brain, generating hybrid neural circuits, the researchers said in a study published Wednesday in the journal Nature.
☆ Scientists Grow Human Cells in Rat Brains to Study Autism, Schizophrenia
  + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Daniela Hernandez | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Bioengineered human tissue transplanted into rat brains generated hybrid neural circuits that affected the animals’ behavior, researchers said, expanding a pathway for exploring brain development and the mechanics of some diseases. Neuroscientists at Stanford University transplanted tiny blobs of neural tissue known as organoids into the brains of newborn rats. The human cells grew and made functional connections within the rat brain, generating hybrid neural circuits, the researchers said in a study published Wednesday in the journal Nature.
☆ These startups are beating Elon Musk in the race to let you mind meld with your computer
  + stars: | 2022-08-17 | by ( Adam Rogers | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +21 min
That's when I started reporting on them, and like any good nerd I was compelled by what scientists could learn with these "brain computer interfaces." The race for implantable brain chips has been a long, deliberate marathon. Graham Felstead, who has severe paralysis, was the first person to have a BCI inserted via the blood vessels. Brain chips will enable them to perform simple actions on their own and reduce the need for round-the-clock care. "When we started in 2015 and I was pitching venture capitalists on brain computer interfaces, no one knew what a brain computer interface was," says Matt Angle, the CEO of Paradromics.
☆ The Ayahuasca Diaries
  + stars: | 2022-06-26 | by ( Mattathias Schwartz | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +37 min
But please understand: I didn't drink ayahuasca so I could write an article about it. I wrote an article about it so I could drink ayahuasca. I was desperate to drink ayahuasca — I had been for several months, in fact — and the formality of an assignment would help me out at home. Instead, a friend of a friend linked me up with an ayahuasca sangha, a Buddhist word for a spiritual community. I thought of my old friend, Scott, who, many years before, had declined an opportunity to drink ayahuasca.
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