Confused minds shoot deadly beams

February 12th, 2008

From last week’s Metro:

“IT’S EUREKA: Solving problems really is down to keeping an open mind. Brain scans showed that volunteers who hit a mental block during verbal tests gave off strong gamma rays, which are linked with being focussed and alert. However, those with high alpha rhythms – which are linked to a relaxed brain – were more likely to hit on the correct solution, researchers at the University of London discovered, the journal PloS ONE reports”

Yikes! I hope the researchers took adequate safety precautions. I think this calls for the introduction of lead-lined thinking caps.

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