the radium girls, cool a hot photo, brain scans show brain thinking ahead

January 3, 2007 at 8:56 am | In culture, news, photography, science | No Comments

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Is it murder if the weapon of choice took twenty years to do its job, Undark and the Radium Girls 

In 1922, a bank teller named Grace Fryer became concerned when her teeth began to loosen and fall out for no discernible reason. Her troubles were compounded when her jaw became swollen and inflamed, so she sought the assistance of a doctor in diagnosing the inexplicable symptoms.

Before and After Magazine’s How to cool a hot photo.

Scan shows how brains plot future

The resulting images showed clear differences between a birthday already experienced, and a birthday yet to come.

In particular, when looking ahead, three particular areas of the brain were activated - the left lateral premotor cortex, the left precuneus and the right posterior cerebellum.

Scientists are at a loss to explain the conservative knee jerk response to the complex issues facing humanity.

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