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Adler School Institute on Social Exclusion to Host Global Conference in Chicago on Urban Mental Health

More than half of the world’s population lives in urban areas. According to the United Nations, that figure is projected to grow to more than 60 percent by 2050. Although…
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The Nature of Human Resilience

Last Thursday evening, The New School’s Tishman Auditorium was brimming with those curious about the mechanics of how humanity bounces back from traumatic situations. The 2012 World Science Fair’s panel…
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TTF Therapy: A Drug-Free Treatment for Brain Cancer

Image of a human cell showing microtubules in green, chromosomes (DNA) in blue, and kinetochores in pinkGlioblastoma (GBM) is the most aggressive and most common form of primary brain tumor…
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And the 2012 Kavli Prize Winners are…

Hurray for Science! The winners of the 2012 prestigious $1 million Kavli Prize were announced live via satellite from the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters in Oslo. The event…
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Cogito’s Social Signal Processing Platform…and Avatars!

These days a lot of attention is being paid to the men and women of our military, what with President Obama making surprise visits to the soldiers in Afganistan. But…
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Brain Extravaganza

The Brain Extravaganza! of Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor

Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor, the Indiana brain scientist who suffered a stroke in 1996 at the age of 37 and the author of her memoir, “My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist’s Personal Journey,” which became a New York Times bestseller, is in the news again. Her dream of an exhibit featuring giant brains will be mounted around

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Brain Power Conference in Toronto – May 3-4, 2012

The first annual Brain Power Conference is less than a week away and it’s shaping up to be quite an event. According to Doug Thompson who is a founding partner…
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MEDITATION AND EARTH AWARENESS

Each year we celebrate Earth Day on April 22nd. We bring our attention to this wonderful planet that gives us so much. And what do we give back? The answer…
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Joseph LeDoux: Neuroscientist by day, Rock Star by night

Joseph E. LeDoux is a Henry and Lucy Moses Professor of Science, and professor of neural science and psychology at New York University. He is also the director of the…
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Spring 2012 Calendar of Brain-Related Events

April National Autism Awareness Month autism-society.org/about-us/national-autism-awareness-month/ March 31-April 3 Chicago, Illinois 19th Annual Cognitive Neuroscience Society Meeting cnsmeeting.org/ 10-14 Soelden, Austria 14th International Neuroscience Winter Conference winterneuroscience.org 11-14 New Orleans,…
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USA Science & Engineering Festival in Washington, DC April 28-29

A visit to Washington, DC in the spring is especially exciting, but this season the “wow” factor in the nation’s capital will rise just a bit higher as the city…
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JESSE A. SAPERSTEIN SPEAKS OUT FOR ANTI-BULLYING

What drives a person to jump out of a plane? Hike 2,174 miles on the Appalachian Trail? Write a memoir of the heartbreaking ups and downs of his life? A…
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THE QUEEN OF HEARTS IS MY MOTHER

The room on the 19th floor of the Con Edison Building at 4 Irving Place in New York City is filled with long tables. At the tables are men and…
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DR. NOAM SADOVNIK AND THE AGING SPINE (PART II)

Did you know that your spine ages everyday and that over time that leads to back pain? Recently Brain World Magazine caught up with Dr. Noam Sadovnik B.S, B.S, D.C.,…
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DR. NOAM SADOVNIK AND THE AGING SPINE (Part I)

Did you know that your spine ages everyday and that over time that leads to back pain? Recently Brain World Magazine caught up with Dr. Noam Sadovnik B.S, B.S, D.C.,…
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