Social connections, not digital ones, keep your frontal lobe engaged.

Rebalance Your Brain

Yes, we love the way our computers, PDAs, video games, and iPods have revolutionized our lives and let us stay connected and entertained 24/7. But there may be a downside for our health, says Dr Gary Small, author of iBrain: Surviving the Technological Alteration of the Modern Mind.

Brain on a Chip : Computer Architecture Branches Out

The next revolution in computer architecture may not come from research in computer science, but rather from the bench of a biology laboratory. Researchers working at the intersection of neurobiology and electrical engineering are already capable of building artificial analogs of biological sensory systems in silicon, but difficulties arise in emulating the more complex neural networks of brain tissue.