- Molecular basis for Mozart effect revealed -- "New research has revealed a molecular basis for the "Mozart effect" - the observation that a brief stint of Mozart, but not other music, may improve learning and memory." (via del.icio.us)
- How To Hack Your Head, a buyer's guide to recreational brain scanning (via kottke)
- Why my brain hates your mistakes -- "Why is it so annoying to watch someone else make a mistake? Maybe because it affects the same areas of the brain as when a person makes his or her own mistake" (via the nub)
- Language 'Center' Of Brain Shifts With Age -- "Along with left- or right-handedness, the hemisphere of the brain where language capacity resides is likely predetermined. Researchers have now shown that with age, language capacity in the brain becomes more evenly distributed between hemispheres." (via Anthropology in the News)