Marijuana hurts some, helps others...

Research shows the it can kill or rescue neurons. Children seem to be at risk while adults might benefit.

To summerize:

It seems as though when our neurons are still developing, the endocannabinoids actually damage the neurons. Researchers are still not sure why this is. However, once the neurons have developed, it begins to assit in the survivial of aging neurons.

THC seems to suppress the toxic effects of the so-called a-beta protein that may kill neurons in Alzheimers disease.

Scientists are trying to extract the exact part from the THC to further analyze it!

Smile! It affects you!!

Studies are showing that simply making a happy face can influence your feelings.

Take a moment right now to picture yourself smiling. Now smile and you'll immediately start feeling happier in general.

It seems as though it's not all based on emotions, but a certain part is based the physical!

People who were forced to frown and complete this word: gr_ss were more tempted to right "gross"

While people who were forced to smile, became happier and when approached with gr_ss, were more proned to write "grass".

Interesting!

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Specialized neurons sort out overlapping sounds!

research into a cat's midbrain has found that the cells that sense a sounds direction of origin respond the most to the first 50 milliseconds of a sound wave, then they taper off!

The neurons actively ignore the after sounds and help us better detect where a sound is originating from.