In my ongoing avoidance of the contents of my aggregator, I've come across the following linkage about the brain:
- I Sing the Body's Pattern Recognition Machine -- "(The brain) simplifies and organizes, reducing a deluge of sensory information to a manageable sum. From that small sample, the brain produces an effigy of the world, whose features it monitors. Anything that doesn't fit, or signals trouble, draws a response. As it learns, it compares new phenomena and experiences with old ones."
- Decyphering the Grammar of Mind, Music and Math -- "A new field... sometimes called biomusicology, is preoccupied with how music affects the brain. What regions of the brain respond to changes in harmony or melody? Is there a single region that makes sense of music?"
- Gene Expression Shows Human Brains Age At Different Speeds
- Being Bilingual Could Protect Your Brain -- "Being fluent in two languages could protect against age-related cognitive decline, says a study in the June issue of Psychology and Aging." (via MemeMachineGo!)