The money to study the brain would support research by the National Institutes of Health, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the National Science Foundation.
It now looks as though playing video games can help you develop key skills and, in fact, support brain function.
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies will also dedicate research funding for projects that support the BRAIN Initiative.
But three days later, with minimal brain activity detected, medical support was withdrawn.
In the brain, neural connections that support the action paths taken are strengthened.
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These findings support my belief the brain has a mightier function to perform than simply to cook up ideas.
Support for the plans - brain child of Swiss businessman turned politician Thomas Minder - has been fuelled by a series of perceived disasters for major Swiss companies, coupled with salaries and bonuses staying high.
Organizations training support-group leaders include WomenHeart, the American Brain Tumor Association and the National Alliance on Mental Illness.
When Charles was diagnosed with brain cancer, Trayshaun and Nate shaved their heads as a show of support.
There is also mounting evidence to support the existence of a "default network" in the brain - a set of interconnected areas responsible for routine, passive mental processes.
Both found, as one put it, "the data do not support the hypothesis that mobile phone use is related to an increased risk" of brain tumors.
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