Sitcoms on the brain: Different brain areas "Get It" and find it funny

Article Abstract:

A study was conducted to test the kind of humor people often experience in real life where a team of researchers used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) on subjects watching episodes of either Seinfeld or The Simpsons. The results reveal that one part of the brain gets a joke and another part finds it funny.

Neurology, MRI equipment, Neurosciences

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The brain's own marijuana: research into natural chemicals that mimic marijuana's effects in the brain could help to explain-and suggest treatments for-pain, anxiety, eating disorders, phobias and other conditions

Article Abstract:

Numbers of cannabinoid receptors (CB1) are highest in areas of the brain and spinal cord governing cognitive function, emotional response, motor control, appetite, sexual behavior, pain, and memory. These receptors may play an important role in physical and mental health therapeutics.

Marijuana, Psychological aspects, Physiological aspects, Brain mapping, Therapeutics, Experimental, Therapeutics research

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Taking sides

Article Abstract:

A study reveals that approximately 85 percent of people prefer their right hand, which is controlled by the left hemisphere of the brain. With reference to this, a brief description on suite of studies that revealed brain lateralization in species from fish to primates is presented.

United States, Localization (Brain function), Left- and right-handedness, Handedness, Laterality, Left and right (Psychology)

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