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Watching Your Brain Freak Out On A Scanner Calms You Down
People who observed their own brain activity using real-time fMRI feedback were better able to control and reduce their anxiety, a new study says. In a quirky new experiment, researchers at Yale University found that simply showing people what their anxious brains look like was enough to help those subjects lessen their anxiety.
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Mobile Phone Radiation Could Interact With Human Tissues In A Never-Before-Considered Way
Los Alamos National Labs is often associated with bombs, and the one it dropped today is no less likely to stir up a firestorm. Figuratively speaking, of course. That simmering controversy surrounding mobile phone signals’ effect on biological tissue surfaced again today via a Los Alamos researcher who says the microwaves emitted by mobile phones…