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Where in the Brain is Intelligence?

by Tom Valeo

The emerging consensus is that what we casually call “brains” depends not just of the efficiency or power of various brain regions, but also on the strength of the connections that link them.

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Learning, Arts, and the Brain
New Research

Learning, Arts, and the Brain

Dana Consortium studies find strong links

For the first time, coordinated, multi-university scientific research brings us closer to answering the question: Are smart people drawn to the arts or does arts training make people smarter?

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The Extended Reach

How the brain codes for tool use

by Jim Schnabel

A team of Italian neuroscientists has illuminated how the brains of monkeys adjust from grasping with hands to grasping with tools.

George Will Riffs on Cubs Book
New Book

George Will Riffs on Cubs Book

The Newsweek columnist uses examples from Your Brain on Cubs to explain the “neurological affliction” of rooting for a team with a history of letdowns. Also, Steve Mirsky of Scientific American talked with editor Dan Gordon about the book recently, as did Ira Flatow on National Public Radio's Science Friday show. Visit the book page for more links to interviews and news coverage.

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Scientists Harmonize on the Theme of Arts Advocacy
Column: Arts Education in the News

Scientists Harmonize on the Theme of Arts Advocacy

by Janet Eilber

The Dana Foundation's "Learning, Arts, and the Brain" report contains a number of hard-science studies that strengthen the link between arts training and cognitive performance.

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Vaccine Against Alzheimer’s Shows Promise in Monkeys

by Jim Schnabel

A vaccine developed by a Harvard researcher appears to have partly reversed Alzheimer’s-like signs, including cognitive impairments, in aged vervet monkeys in a nine-month trial.

Screening for Childhood Disorders: Is There a Downside?
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Screening for Childhood Disorders: Is There a Downside?

by Brenda Patoine

Recent recommendations by the nation’s top pediatricians association to screen all infants for autism spectrum disorders (ASD) has raised questions about the potential downsides of widespread screening for ASD and other childhood neuropsychiatric disorders. 

Podcast

The Brain-Injured Soldier

A two-part podcast about the connection and intersection of brain injury and post traumatic stress disorder in U.S. veterans of the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Part of our podcasts section.

Latest Books
Cerebrum 2008: Emerging Ideas in Brain Science

Cerebrum 2008: Emerging Ideas in Brain Science

In this second annual anthology, top scientists and scholars interpret the latest discoveries about the human brain and confront their implications for fields from architecture to ethics, music to health care policy. Foreword by Carl Zimmer.

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Your Brain on Cubs

Your Brain on Cubs

Inside the Heads of Players and Fans

Edited by Dan Gordon

A group of today’s leading science writers and neuroscientists explore here the ways that our brain functions when we participate in sports as fans, athletes, and coaches, taking baseball as the quintessential sport for all three perspectives.

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Wired for Goodness

Wired for Goodness

by Donald W. Pfaff, Ph.D.

A distinguished neuroscientist gives us a science-based hypothesis of why humans across time and geography have such similar notions of right and wrong.

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Defining Right and Wrong in Brain Science

Defining Right and Wrong in Brain Science

by Walter Glannon, Ph.D.

August 2007

The fifth volume in The Dana Foundation Series on Neuroethics, this collection marks the five-year anniversary of the first meeting in the field of neuroethics, providing readers with the seminal writings on past, present, and future ethical issues facing neuroscience and society.

Best of the Brain from Scientific American

Best of the Brain from Scientific American

Mind, Matter, and Tomorrow's Brain

July 2007

Top neuroscientist Floyd E. Bloom has selected the most fascinating brain-related articles from Scientific American and Scientific American Mind since 1999 in this collection. Divided into three sections—Mind, Matter, and Tomorrow’s Brain—this compilation takes you to the latest information from the front lines of brain research.

Cerebrum 2007

Cerebrum 2007

Emerging Ideas in Brain Science

May 2007

In this first yearly anthology, Cerebrum's authors reveal what will be tomorrow’s conventional wisdom on topics such as the biological nature of ethical behavior, the brain basis for belief in the supernatural, the science of music, and drugs to alter traumatic memories.

Mind Wars

Mind Wars

Brain Research and National Defense

by Jonathon Moreno

November 2006

A provocative book that reads like an edge-of-your seat investigation into the intertwining worlds of science, technology, and government, Mind wars is the first ever systematic overview of brain research and national security.

Resistance

Resistance

The Human Struggle Against Infection

by Norbert Gaulde
Steven Rendall (Translator)

October 2006

The 20th century utopian notion of eradicating common infectious disease has gradually taken a back seat to the reality of bacterial resistance, new diseases and newly discovered infectious agents.

Hard Science, Hard Choices: Facts, Ethics, and Policies Guiding Brain Science Today

Hard Science, Hard Choices: Facts, Ethics, and Policies Guiding Brain Science Today

by Sandra J. Ackerman

May 2006

Hard Science, Hard Choices examines the ethical challenges facing brain research today.

Dana Alliance Publications

2008 Progress Report on Brain Research

2008 Progress Report on Brain Research

Describes and interprets the important advances in neuroscience of the previous year, contributing to better diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of the numerous diseases that affect the brain.
Q&A: Answering Your Questions About Brain Research

Q&A: Answering Your Questions About Brain Research

A pamphlet that provides the answers to commonly asked questions about the brain and its disorders.
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Brain Connections

Brain Connections

A pocket-sized resource booklet in its seventh edition that lists more than 240 organizations likely to help those looking for information, referrals, and other guidance in connection with brain-related disorders.
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It's Mindboggling!

It's Mindboggling!

Packed with information about the brain in a fun format of games, riddles, and puzzles, this booklet is perfect for middle and high school students.
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Es Increible!

Es Increible!

The Spanish edition of It's Mindboggling! is packed with information about the brain in a fun format of games, riddles, and puzzles. This booklet is perfect for middle and high school students.
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More Mindbogglers!

More Mindbogglers!

An addition to It’s Mindboggling!, this new publication is a closer look at learning and memory, the senses, drug addition, and how the brain and nervous system work...still in a fun format.
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