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Bad Brains documentary to be premiered at SXSW 2012 Film festival next month
Dying Scene
It has been announced that “Band in DC”, the upcoming documentary on the legendary hardcore punk band Bad Brains, will begin premiering at the SXSW 2012 Film festival next month. The documentary was directed by Mandy Stein and Benjamen Logan and you ...


 
Business Insider
Your Brain Is Wired To Be Negative: Here's How To Fight Back
Business Insider
While we appreciate positive experiences, we are much more finely attuned and give much greater weight to negative experiences like fear, threats, or even just bad news. According to neuropsychologist Rich Hanson, our "brain is like Velcro to negative ...


 
Daily Mail
Smoking is bad for men's brains
News24
"This study underscores that smoking is bad for your brain," said Marc Gordon, chief of neurology at Zucker Hillside Hospital in Glen Oaks, New York, who was not involved in the study. "Mid-life smoking is a modifiable risk factor with an effect size ...
Smoking May Be Especially Tough on Men's BrainsU.S. News & World Report
Men take note, smoking can make you stupidTimes of India
Smoking Slows Memory, Reasoning in Middle-Aged MenABC News

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Metaphors actually trigger the sensory parts of our brains
io9
Let's look at the word "rotten", which literally means "spoiled" but whose metaphorical usage has expanded its definition to include anything bad or unpleasant. We're so used to these other usages that we might not even realize that they are metaphors, ...
Metaphors Make Brains Touchy FeelyScience Now

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USA TODAY
Spanking harms kids, smoking harms brains
USA TODAY
Smoking and men's brain health: Cigarettes aren't just bad for your heart and lungs -- they are bad for your brain. Middle-aged men who smoke show signs of cognitive decline that would be expected in men who are ten years older, a new study finds.


 
Scientists Discover Potential Cure For Seizure Sufferers
Gizmodo Australia
Neurocysticercosis is an infection that happens when you have the misfortune of eating bad pork. It causes severe seizures. Researchers say they've finally discovered how it tweaks the brain, and they might already have a drug to fix it.

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Daily Mail
Monkeys and humans watch Clint Eastwood's The Good, The Bad And The Ugly for ...
Daily Mail
For 30 minutes Italian researcher Dante Mantini and colleagues made them watch classic spaghetti western The Good, The Bad And The Ugly. The team's theory was that watching the hands and faces of the actors should result in similar patterns of brain ...
To Compare Human and Monkey Brains, Humans and Monkeys Watch a Clint Eastwood FilmPopular Science
Clint Eastwood helps shed new light on brain evolutionNewstrack India
Clint Eastwood helps reveal secrets of brain evolutionNew Scientist

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