Guest Thinkers — February 16, 2011

Is this what K-12 educators are secretly hoping?

Scott McLeod

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The head of a man and a woman are shown side by side in a research study focused on ketamine and depression.

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A vaccine for depression

Ketamine’s remarkable effect bolsters a new theory of mental illness.

A man is undergoing a TMS treatment for depression.

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A magnetic therapy for depression gains precision

For people with hard-to-treat depression, a non-invasive technique called transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) can provide relief.

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Saliva: The next frontier in cancer detection

Scientists are finding tumor signals in spit that could be key to developing diagnostic tests for various types of cancer.

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Meet the neuroscientist who uses puzzles to help the brain heal after injury

Solving difficult visual puzzles seems to help the brain “rewire” itself by forming new neural pathways.

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