Can Thinking Too Much Make You fat?
September 15, 2008 by Liz Lewis
Filed under Diets and Dieting, Exercise, Nutrition, Obesity
Sounds like a strange question but, in a nutshell, that’s what a group of Canadian researchers wanted to know. So they recruited 14 women and put their brains (and their stomachs) to work.
After performing one of the three different tasks for 45 minutes – relaxing in a sitting position, reading and summarizing a text, or completing a series of memory, attention, and vigilance tests on the computer – the women were provided with an all-you-can-eat buffet to dig into.
The researchers measured the sponstaneous food intake of the students following each activity and discovered that the women ate 203 more calories …read more
The Sunday Sidebar…Looking inside the Brain.
July 6, 2008 by Liz Lewis
Filed under Technology, The Sunday Sidebar, Video
Ain’t technology amazing?
Check out this video where neuroscientist and inventor Christopher deCharms talks about and demonstrates a new way to use fMRI to show brain activity — thoughts, emotions, pain — in real time….
