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Researchers Discover Why Pot Makes You Forget

Scientists identify pathway for cognitive impairment under the effects of cannabis

Aug 3, 09 2:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Scientists have found the area in the mouse brain that marijuana acts upon to cause forgetfulness, AFP reports. Researchers in Barcelona used two groups of mice, each engineered to be missing one of the two concentrations of receptor neurons for cannabis (CB1) in the hippocampus, an area of the brain... More »

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marijuana • cannabis • neuroscience • Nature Neuroscience • amnesia • weed • biochemistry • brain chemistry • pot

Brains Hard-Wired to
Swing Left or Right

Liberals deal with ambiguity better; conservatives are single-minded

Sep 10, 07 3:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - The brains of conservatives and liberals function in fundamentally different ways—with liberals more capable of accepting ambiguity and conflict, and conservative better able to pursue a single-minded course. That's the conclusion of  a new study on the neurobiology of politics, published in the journal Nature Neuroscience. More »

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politics • UCLA • New York University • neurology • neurobiology • Nature Neuroscience • anterior cingulate cortex • Frank J. Sulloway • Marco Iacoboni

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