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>> when you think about reading, just the idea of being able to focus on something in particular thats not a big screen, not a device can really be a benefit. there have been studies that have shone that it can help in prove your stress levels and be good for your mental functions. you can reduce your rates of cogtive decline but up to 32%. this is significant. its fascinating to see how the brain respond even if the body is sitting still looking at those pages. for example, if theres a scene th...

Responds even if the body is sitting still looking at the pages. for example, if theres a scene youre reading thats an active scene here, your brain called the motor cortex responsible for movement may start to light up. if its a stimulating part of the book that youre reading your sensory cortex allows you to see may start to light up. some interesting studies showing you dont have to read a book, i recommend this one by the way, you can actually hear books. you can listen to an audio book, for...

Streams of information and thats critical to our treatment. it meant that you are able to multi task with a lot of in coming information at a relatively high level. >> how unique of what you are doing here? pretty unique of neuro science can stand alone from the entertainment quality alone and combining those two in to a new medical product, we think thats pretty novel. in fact, it is never been done before. akili plans to improve their drugs and medicines to improve diseases. anything of the co...

Amygdala is on overdrive, saying, that felt good, lets do it again. so receiving or looking at sexuallily titillating material or exhibiting yourself would fall in that category. then the front of the brain, the prefrontal cortex that houses consequence, so, if i do this today, whats going to happen to me tomorrow, am i going to be in trouble, that part is not well established until youre in your actually low to mid-20s. >> so all the more reason if that is a great explanation for a lot of these...

Guard u.s. military personnel at a recruiting station. in texas, air force sergeant jose cortex worries recruiters are sitting ducks. >> we are essentially a lone target. >> reporter: at the chattanooga recruiting center several marine tour combat veterans reports as bullets flew they went into combat mode to clear the area. having everyone drop to the floor and escape out the back. an initial pentagon review in the hours after the attack led to no significant security changes. pentagon official...

Look at the impact on brain development. what do you make of that age of 21 being the cut off? >> during development, lots of things happen to the brain. its unfortunate that we dont have a definitive time at which we know the brain is finished developing and its clear you can do whatever youd like. while the brain is developing the frontal cortex is the last to come online. and to be fully developed. the most important for things like regulating impulsivity, we already know that lots of emergin...

For single out in some way? >> some parents might be concerned about their child being labelled. >> and they should be. >> if you went in and they said, oh, you know, littlejohn any is having problems in school paying attention and thats because hes callous and unemotional. as opposed to going in and saying youre doing a great job. his diets improved. we checked out this biomarker. it turns out that hes got a little bit too much dopamine in his right cortex and thats indicative of impulse contro...

With a genetic marker connected to violence be deemed dangerous for single out in some way? >> some parents might be concerned about their child being labelled. >> and they should be. >> if you went in and they said, oh, you know, littlejohn any is having problems in school paying attention and thats because hes callous and unemotional. as opposed to going in and saying youre doing a great job. his diets improved. we checked out this biomarker. it turns out that hes got a little bit too much dop...

Thank god he doesnt know what hes singing. and he knows thattine mommy thinks it is. >> that is from a brain perspective and looking at the childs brain, it the back of t brain all instinctual and developing their pre-front at cortex where theyre trying to make sense out of the world. when you see a graphic image like that its all a back part of the brain and emotional. >> there were no breasts or no genitals shown. better that than showing violent images which can really really damage kids. >> ...

Brain activity patterns in these animals we saw. and theres a surge of high-frequency brain waves in the frequency we call a gamma. so those frequency waves increase in power density. and not only that, different parts of the brain actually collaborate with each other in this synergistic way. very coherent manner. so the front of the brain is communicating with the back of the brain in a very meaningful manner. so those are really the key features were looking for. >> so when that burst of brain...