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Head-banging hammers the brain

January 7, 2009No Comments

From ABC Science Online, News in Science, 18 December 2008:Led Zeppelin’s immortal song ‘Dazed and Confused’ might well have been a clinical observation on the state of their audience’s brains, say Australian researchers who have found over-enthusiastic head-banging can cause mild brain injury.In a study published in the British Medical Journal this week, two University … Continue reading Head-banging hammers the brain

The private life of the brain, with Wammo on Kiwi

November 7, 2008No Comments

Talking New Scientist stories with Wammo on Kiwi FM, 1 November 2008:The brain is doing very important things when stuck in neutral. Researchers have noticed that instead of lying dormant when unoccupied, the brain devours a huge amount of calories when we’re doing absolutely nothing. So what exactly is it up to? Some say there’s … Continue reading The private life of the brain, with Wammo on Kiwi