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| Neuroscientific studies dealing with emotions corellating with mathematics. | 7/21/2008 | Nicholas Unger |
Q: I'm a 20 year old with a general interest in social theory. So at the point I'm at, I am basically ...
A: Charles, Unfortunately, I can't point you to anything similar to what you are looking for. My ...
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| Electric brain charge | 6/30/2008 | Nicholas Unger |
Q: The law of conservation of energy states, of course, energy can neither be created nor destroyed. I ...
A: Chris, Well of course, even an athiest would agree that this is the case. Your bodies energy would ...
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| Electric brain charge | 6/30/2008 | Nicholas Unger |
Q: The law of conservation of energy states, of course, energy can neither be created nor destroyed. I ...
A: Chris, Very good! I like this question. First let me begin by saying that the energy ...
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| Is the world upside down? | 6/29/2008 | Nicholas Unger |
Q: I understand what we see is actually in upside down, but our retina manage to turn it back to what ...
A: Rambo, This is indeed a very interesting question. We can only see what colors are ...
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| Neurochemical reactions to music | 6/10/2008 | Nicholas Unger |
Q: What occurs, neurochemically, when we hear instrumental music in a minor key? The emotional reaction ...
A: Stephen, This is a very interesting topic indeed. Neurochemically I could just say GABA is released ...
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| bad short term memory | 6/6/2008 | Nicholas Unger |
Q: is there anything i can do to get better with short term memory? i can remember VERY well things ...
A: Guy, Join the club!! I have A.D.D as well, and horrible short term memory which gets me into ...
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| Very "scary" eyes...getting worse | 6/2/2008 | Nicholas Unger |
Q: I am a 53 yr old female and have had very bad social problems due to the fact that I have "scary" ...
A: Melanie, Some anti-psychotic drugs can cause these effects. There are some however that don't ...
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| Visual Field Dominancy | 6/1/2008 | Nicholas Unger |
Q: I'm running a visual search task and i want to check the visual field dominancy of the subjects, ...
A: Amir, Actually I know this answer through my target shooting club. Basically when shooting your ...
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| Dizzyness | 5/15/2008 | Nicholas Unger |
Q: Its been one month now I am having dizzyness. Let me give you some history how it started. One month ...
A: This is indeed a troubling experience for you. Let me first begin with my disclaimer that I am not a ...
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| thinking | 5/14/2008 | Nicholas Unger |
Q: Does thinking require energy? Does someone focused on a task burn more energy than someone ...
A: Andrew, The short answer would be yes. This is somewhat the principle that some of ...
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| Opposite hand wirting | 5/5/2008 | Nicholas Unger |
Q: I was wondering if there is any logic to my friend's statement that he remembers material better ...
A: David, This is indeed an interesting question. I do not believe it would be unhealthy to learn to ...
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| back pain and loss of consciousness | 4/16/2008 | Nicholas Unger |
Q: this happened twice already. first, i was reading and suddenly my back ached and then i lost ...
A: Firstly, I would like to tell you to definately go see a doctor concerning this matter as it sounds ...
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| right brain right handed | 3/12/2008 | Nicholas Unger |
Q: I have been told by an educational psychologist after various tests that my daughter is right ...
A: The educational psychologist is probably better educated at such things than myself, a humble ...
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| the speed of visual perception | 3/10/2008 | Nicholas Unger |
Q: I am interested in the limitations of our eyes. I an interested in finding out the minimum amount of ...
A: I believe the other neuroscientist in this category will be better equipped to answer your question. ...
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| head injury | 3/6/2008 | Nicholas Unger |
Q: Twelve years ago someone broke into my home. They hit me repeatedly with a sold oak axe handle. The ...
A: Julie, Just a follow up to see how your visit with a neurologist went?
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| head injury | 3/5/2008 | Nicholas Unger |
Q: Twelve years ago someone broke into my home. They hit me repeatedly with a sold oak axe handle. The ...
A: Have you been seen by a Neurologist? I strongly suggest seeing one. You need to probably have a CT ...
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| 5HTP - Blood Brain Barrier | 2/12/2008 | Nicholas Unger |
Q: I hope I'm in the right category. I have a question in regards to the supplement 5htp. I have done ...
A: My general thought is that it will actually cross the blood brain barrier. The blood brain barrier ...
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| Groin Injury causes neurogenic shock -- this is weird! | 2/5/2008 | Nicholas Unger |
Q: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neurogenic_shock Here it says neurogenic shock is caused by damage to ...
A: Greetings Green, I Don't pretend to be a Neurologist (although these things are very ...
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| A Brainwave Paradox | 1/20/2008 | Kai Schreiber |
Q: This question is about, what for me at least, is a paradox. From what I've read, people (adults) ...
A: I'm no expert on EEG and brain waves. From reading the article you quote, and related material in ...
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| color perception | 1/18/2008 | Kai Schreiber |
Q: I am doing research where I serve subjects food, and want to distort their color perception, but ...
A: while color perception is a fairly complex and difficult field, and I am by no means an expert on ...
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| The Universe and the Neurons | 1/12/2008 | Kai Schreiber |
Q: I am a researcher looking into science and religion and during my studies I have found out that ...
A: while it is always tempting for the human mind to detect similarities and imbue them with meaning, ...
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| The Universe and the Neurons | 1/12/2008 | Nicholas Unger |
Q: I am a researcher looking into science and religion and during my studies I have found out that ...
A: What you are trying to say is that, the neurons in our brain and the way the universe is organized ...
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| OBEs | 1/11/2008 | Nicholas Unger |
Q: I am looking into Out of Body Experiences and the literature seems to point to a disruption, or ...
A: Edward, I actually know quite a bit about this type of research. The Neurological evidence of ...
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| OBEs | 1/11/2008 | Kai Schreiber |
Q: I am looking into Out of Body Experiences and the literature seems to point to a disruption, or ...
A: there have been a few studies recently that managed to recreate the feeling of stepping outside of ...
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| PGO waves/ REM eye movements | 1/9/2008 | Kai Schreiber |
Q: ..): When discussing the different brain waves (ie alpha, beta) you get to the PGO waves which are ...
A: the electrical waves that are usually picked up are picked up by a multitude of electrodes. Even so, ...
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| Is it possible to make a silicon-based brain? | 1/1/2008 | Nicholas Unger |
Q: Will it ever be possible to make a purely-electronic brain that is exactly like a human brain except ...
A: Green, I figured my answer to your question would not satiate you. All the better. You correctly ...
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| Is it possible to make a silicon-based brain? | 12/30/2007 | Nicholas Unger |
Q: Will it ever be possible to make a purely-electronic brain that is exactly like a human brain except ...
A: You can never put anything out of the realm of possibility. EVER. That being said, I believe such a ...
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| A silicon-based mind without a brain? | 12/30/2007 | Kai Schreiber |
Q: In http://en.allexperts.com/q/Neuroscience-2933/possible-silicon-based-brain-1.htm you wrote "I ...
A: it all depends on what one means by mind, doesn't it? If you mean a replica of what we humans have, ...
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| PGO waves/ REM eye movements | 12/10/2007 | Kai Schreiber |
Q: ..): When discussing the different brain waves (ie alpha, beta) you get to the PGO waves which are ...
A: sorry for the delay. Happy holidays, and a happy new year, though :) We do not yet understand sleep ...
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| The Unstable Pupil. (Intensely painful) | 12/7/2007 | Kai Schreiber |
Q: I have a very rare condition of the pupil I'm not even sure exists as a documented condition. About ...
A: sorry to hear about your trouble. It is a little hard to give good advice on something like this ...
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| Please recommend contemp. texts on Neuro-endocrinolgy! | 12/2/2007 | Nicholas Unger |
Q: Greetings, Would anybody be willing to reco. any latest and greatest textbooks or monographs on ...
A: Reuben, Anything by Kandel will probably have what you are looking for Neurophysiology including ...
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| TMP, TMS | 11/30/2007 | Kai Schreiber |
Q: When using TMP or TMS a magnetic field is used to stimulate a part of the human brain, much like its ...
A: well, as I said, for standard TMS it's a single pulse, so it just has a rising and a falling slope. ...
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| human brain power | 11/29/2007 | Kai Schreiber |
Q: human brain is most developed brain in this world among all other animals. but most of its part is ...
A: Abhishek, the basis of your question is the claim that most of the brain is not functional, or not ...
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| Right Brained and Right Handed | 11/29/2007 | Nicholas Unger |
Q: I'm posting this after seeing your reply to a question about right & left brain dominance. When i ...
A: This is very interesting as back in the 1800's (perhaps even earlier) left handed people were almost ...
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| schizophrenia & physical changes | 11/26/2007 | Nicholas Unger |
Q: someone suggested that it is possible for eye colour to change during an episode or personality ...
A: Kathleen, I need some clarification here. Your saying that during the transition the person ...
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| schizophrenia & physical changes | 11/26/2007 | Nicholas Unger |
Q: someone suggested that it is possible for eye colour to change during an episode or personality ...
A: Kathleen, After a brief search through the journals many papers yielded this.. "People ...
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| Pupil Dilation | 11/26/2007 | Kai Schreiber |
Q: What would be reasons for both pupils to dilate and constrict very rapidly, going from their normal ...
A: constriction of the pupil, called Miosis, can be caused by natural mechanisms, drugs or can be a ...
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| TMP, TMS | 11/25/2007 | Kai Schreiber |
Q: When using TMP or TMS a magnetic field is used to stimulate a part of the human brain, much like its ...
A: there is different kinds of TMS, but in general, the idea is to use a quick and strong pulse to ...
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| brain and physical stress | 11/24/2007 | Kai Schreiber |
Q: Schreiber, do you think that a mind is a necessary prerequisite to experiencing all pains? Because ...
A: I'd say that it does depend on your defintion of what exactly pain is, whether or not it requires a ...
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| electrphysiological recordings | 11/12/2007 | Nicholas Unger |
Q: I am a doctoral student in biopsychology interested in learning and memory systems of the ...
A: The answer lies within the slice technique. Since depending on the type of vibratome one uses (and ...
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