the experiment was based on the neurons of a rabbit brain they were grown in a special incubate or the result was a mini brain consisting of a network of neurons fused together finally the miniature brain was connected to a robot now the robots brain is learning to solve simple tasks. as the robot moves around we can look at what's happening in the brain under the microscope so as the robot learns to avoid obstacles that sort of thing we can see her of the brain changes the connections between the neurons strength or weaken reactions to such experiments vary from country to country life styles have not changed in abkhazians regions traditionally inhabited by long livers the old men believe you can't live a long life and that you stick to the right lifestyle they view any attempts at immortality based on combining man with machine with open hostility. they seem to be set on compelling people to stop being human it's a dangerous idea because people will no longer have the capacity for love compassion or charity with which they will lose the ability to love their neighbors this will be a

to neuron. they are hoping to slow or stop the progression of the disease. >>> lung desease is the third leading cause of death. chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or copd includes emphysema or bronchitis. the symptoms include constant coughing, shortness of breath, high amounts of mucus, difficulty breathing and wheezing but you can manage it through medication, oxygen therapy and pulmonary rehabilitation. abc2news.com is your place for all the health news you need. log on to find all the information as well as different health categories. >>> coming up, a mother accused of leaving her young children alone in a van for hours. why doctors say a medical condition could be the blame. >>> a billionaire accused of murder and a controversial adoption. >> everyone knows kids like to stick things in her mouth. what a special needs teacher did to try it get her kids to stop that's making some kids furious. >>> getting you up to the minute on some of the top stories. a video released show has police o

fresh approach for drug treatment. >> with people who have lost a significant number of dopamine neurons10 million people, this is a treatment that has potential to normalize behavior. >> and he says it could take several years to test compounds and he believes human trials could be possible. >> did you know there are people that buy a new big screen tv every year for super bowl? >> up next buyers have taken advantage of a liberal return policy. where you can get one in time for this sunday's game. not to return, though. stay with us. ?t?t?t> >>> well, as you probably know super bowl is this sunday. for a lot of people it's a good excuse to buy a big, new tv. >> retailers offering sales to get to you spend before game time. there is some interesting statistics about who is in the market. >> jonathan bloom has the stri out of the 12 people browsing tchl v aisle, one of them is special. >> you have a name for these people? >> not a very lucky... >> we're talking about the one out of every 12 people who said they're buying a new tv for super bowl for the second year in a row. >> the big ga

neurons cannot communicate far ring on organized cop ways.growing evidence autism is inherited first time doctors able to see signs of the disorder before the onset of symptoms typically at age 2. babies with autistic said lux underwent brain scans and there's the six months old classic autism systems changes and the brand as babies. earlier diagnosis could lead to better intervention and possible treatment for autism. finally diet soda danger it might seem like a better option than sugary soda new study link between diet soda and stroke and heart attacks. study of a soda drinkers to a decade those who enjoy it diet soda 44 percent more likely to have a heart attack or stroke. the findings journal of general internal medicine do not prove cause and affect connection between diet soda and illness. drinkers also high blood pressure and overweight no risk factors for stroke or heart attack known risk factors. >> goodbye mild temperatures tom skilling has details of a cool weekend. i've seen and been a part of many comebacks in my career. to come

driven by neurons firing in the brine.in a similar way the brain. >> the brain operates in a way similar to what it does in enlem tick seizure. absent lows. the tallet amount and when it goes beyond a particular threshold, then the urge becomes, i need to do something. >> roy is not a psychologist or a specialist in neurology, but a math memetician. >> if you commit one murder, then the chances of committing the next murder very high. but then the devil staircase comes from there. there could be a big gap and suddenly the person is murdered again. >> directly after the murder and the murder probably is long. ann degree who murdered 53 people. jack the ripper, we are broke "up." >> be on the lookout. for chances of another one happening in a short amount of time is high. similarly, if it goes cold, that doesn't mean the person has been cured or something like that. >> the impulse to kill overwelms, even after the stive effect of a killing. leaving birds with activity. >> it's like, se dadded sedated for a while and the eart

it is almost automatic, when music comes in at a student -- certain polls, neurons are going to fire in synchronization with that polls. even kids move to music. one of your more recent records, you took some children's folk tunes and you rearranged them. we were talking about kids moving. do you have any of those candy? -- handy? >> yeah. i will play a little bit of an old appalachian folk song. what i tried to do is -- and the melody is there, song is there, but i tried to bring the rhythm into a more contemporary context. this has more of an r&b, hip-hop feeling to it. ♪ [applause] >> there is an obvious way that lyrics tell a story. certainly, instrumental music does, that is what ballet is about. in a way, they have it easy because there are dangers to tell the story. would you say that is what you're trying to do with your music, trying to tell a story? >> i think so. i do not always consciously have an image. often i do. sometimes it is a catalyst for starting, i will fiddle around with an idea and the image starts to rise in my mind as i work with it. for example, i played a

it travels along the brain's neurons from one region to another which results in severe dementia.he new findings could help scientists develop new treatment to fight the disease. they also suspect other degenerative brain diseases like parkinson's may spread in a similar way. >>> sexually transmitted diseases are on the rise in people over the age of 45. according to british researchers, cases of spds have up doubled for people between the ages of 45 and 64 in the last ten years. scientists have not pin pointed a reason for the increase but say a high number of men on erectile dysfunction drugs are getting infections and physical changes in post menopausal women make them more vul ashe to stds. >>> new findings show depression can lead to difficult childhood relationships and not the other way around like they first thought. researchers at the university of illinois followed 500 kids from fourth through sixth grades. they found fourth grade children with signs of depression were victimized in the fifth grade and then had difficulty being accepted if grade six. the study disputes p

that will get your neurons going. >> right. say that again. >> what is he talking about? it's going to be another nice day. here in february, we'll have temperatures climbing into the 50s again this afternoon. as we look at the sky now over the washington monument, it's flooded with moonlight. we've got that bright, full moon now in the western sky. 45 now at reagan national. and we have a very light wind. so we don't have to worry about the windchill this morning. right now, around the region, temperatures are near the freezing mark in montgomery, fairfax counties as well as parts of northern virginia, down toward culpeper. but farther east along the i-95 corridor, generally above freezing. reagan national now at 45. near 40 now in prince george's county, charles, calvert, st. mary's, anne arundel county near the bay, mid 40s. away from the waters, near 40 there. farther west in the 30s. generally above freezing. shenandoah valley into the mountains. the high pressure that's been over us over the last 36 hours is going to be drifting off to the east today. it will still

those who were diagnosed showed difference with how their neurons kecked with other parts of the brain. they urge parents to keep in mind the research is preliminary. for more news head to abc2news.com look under the news tab and look under health and we will have the latest information. >>> new a list has been released by an online security provide other norton showing the highest risk for cyber crimes. baltimore was number 18 with the nation's capital at number one. the data looked at number of computers and mobile devices in a -- in a given city. here's a look at top five riskiest cities. dc was number one seattle number two, followed by san francisco, and atlanta and then boston. how can you protect yourself from a cyber attack? we have a few tips. always use caution when use hot spots and make sure to be on a secured network when buying or doing online banking. use complex passwords and stay up-to-date on the latest information and tips. more information at abc2news.com. >>> and we learned this weekendgoogle has been passing along to advertisers information that iphone and ipad us

aren't laughing as maureen of ordinary ports some believe the comments made show nothing more than a neurons and disregard for world affairs. every four years america's top job is up for grabs. with each new election comes a new batch of candidates with compromising foreign policy credentials when they ask me who is the president of you beki beki beki beki stan stan i'm going to say you know i don't know do you know i'm afraid that it's a very hard struggle particularly given the situation on the iraq pakistan border you can actually see where russia from land here in alaska africa was a country on the brink on the brink of complete meltdown and chaos geographically illiterate us candidates have supplied comedians with endless material but all jokes aside some presidential hopefuls vying to lead the world's most powerful armed forces know very little about america's military interventions so you agree with president obama libya. forming a cohesive sentence on geopolitics can be a struggle i do not agree with the way he is for reasons. you know that's that's a different one differentiating be

raising one hundred billion neurons of the country's debt the parliament is now set to pass further measures of protesters gather outside costus dizziness is professor of law at birkbeck university in london he says that these cuts will only drain greece. money and live out their lives which could destroy. that way until they leave a card. or they live off the streets as the what. the met we have is going to do percent unemployment fifty percent unemployment over here was a huge increase in the whole it's mostly counter that did not have such a phenomenon of course a huge increase in troops like this how much more board and where the fruit is where is it going to be one hundred example of these measures which have been implemented in order to mowing for all the germans and the fruits people to give them to the german the french it's nothing to. the greek people who designed of these measures is precisely. or essential if there's a small bed with these problems. coming up a bit later as well this is from stacy herbert in a frank and unconventional discussion on the messy state of the world fi

that the babies who ended up being diagnosed with autism showed differences in the way that their neuronsnnected to other parts of the brain the work is still preliminary researchers say it's a great step forward for future diagnosis and treatment for that disorder >>johnson and johnson is recalling thousands of bottles of its great flavored liquid infant tylenol in the united states it comes after parents complained about problems with the dosing system the company said there had been no illnesses or deaths associated with that recall where that half a billion bottles are being recalled the lunch break is [ female announcer ] feeling that flu all over your body? immerse yourself in all over relief with alka seltzer plus. it's specially formulated to speed relief to every inch of you. liquidate your flu symptoms with alka seltzer plus. here with the perfect recipe for your mardi gras celebration ... it's a classic louisiana cldish... schrehrimp at toetouf fee.. that is french for smothered! this is a traditional dish of louisiana typically done with crawfish after world war two ... and it

it may have to do it the effect a general anesthesia the drugs may accelerate the normal death of neuronshat occurs early in life and that could lead to fenner neural networks that contribute to learning problems later on. >>doctors may want to replace their prescription pads for an electronic version ... a new study by australian researchers shows the technology might help decrease medical prescription errors. i stepped on the machine, and it showed me the pressure points on my feet and exactly where i needed more support. i had tired, achy feet. until i got my number. my dr. scholl's custom fit orthotics number. now i'm a believer. you'll be a believer, too. learn where to find your number at drscholls.com. are the co-founders of naturallysavvy .com as well as the authors of "unjunk your junk-food " i love that book. they are here to help us dissect some of those labels and choose healthier alternatives do you know what's in your food? >>some ingredients have certain benefits so here we have shrimp not chosenot chachos... we have lots of great ingredients we have used whole grain for th

two neuropathologists told the injury about neurons and what was called app staining. it was highly technical and involved all sorts of information about what these pathologists found when they examined yeardley love's brain. >> dr. christine if i recall at virginia commonwealth university took the stand and told the court she found two contusions on each side of love's brain as well as hemorrhaging to the brain stem. injury she said that could only come from blunt force trauma. when asked to explain what she meant, the doctor described it as an acceleration of the head with a rapid stop. during her testimony, dr. fuller used an anatomically correct model of the brain to show where she found the damage. a model that was passed around to the jurors. when asked about the damage to the brain stem, dr. fuller said it was consistent with a twisting of the head or as she put it torque. dr. fuller told the court the brain stem controls many vital functions. and the damage could have led to love's death. on cross-examination, dr. fuller was asked if she had an opinion on how l

up next, details of what set off a neuron of protests. -- a new round of protests. >>> how u.s. react to news that greece may not be going far enough. the dow and nasdaq picked up small gains thursday, but in asia, stocks are mostly down. japan's nikkei was down 55 points. back in a moment.  >>> making headlines, finally a deal on greece's debt crisis, but it's not enough. degrees has been negotiating a bailout for months. yet greece agreed to severe cuts like cutting the minimum wage by 20%. but last nigh, they demanded more cuts and unions are now out on the streets of athens protesting against the cuts. >>> big changes to the no child left behind act. president barack obama is giving ten states waivers freeing them of the strict requires of the act. it require all students be proefficient in reading and math by 2014. the president's action strips that for a more viable alternative. republicans criticized saying that by granting the waiver, he is overstepping his authority. 28 other states have indicated they may also seek waivers. >>> for the first time in 30 yea

>> you are really trying to work to fire off some neurons in your brain.you smell, the smell goes from your olfactory nerve in your nose straight up to your brain. men tend to have that stimulated by sweet smells, there are some ancient cultures women would dust themselves up in sweet basil. women tend to be really attracted to scents like spices. it increases the blood flow. so they like those spices, which i suppose is why men's cologne like old spice are in existence. >> can we talk about muscles for a second? many men think women are attracted by muscles. studies see this is not necessarily the case. >> this interesting study at ucla, they lined up a bunch of photographs, overwhelmingly, the women did not pick up the muscles that were not overbound and certainly didn't pick the guy not developed at all, the goldilocks rule, the guy that was just right. if you end up getting too many muscles, that, too, can be a bad thing because they do tend to atrophy and then your skin gets saggy around where the muscles used to fill out the rest of your body. >> hap

women and seven men on the jury spent hours listening to the highly technical testimony today about neurons and axons and att staining coming from two brain specialists, one from university of v and another -- of virginia and they both found bruising when asked to examine yeardley love's brauller took t stand and told the court she found two contusions on each side of love's brain as well as hemorrhaging to the brain stem, injuries she said could only come from blunt force trauma. when asked to explain what she meant, dr. fuller described it as an acceleration of the head with a rapid stop. during her testimony, dr. fuller used anniversary no tom mcly correct model of the brain to show where she found the damage, passed to the jurors. when asked about the damage to the brain stem, she said it was consistent with the twisting of the head or as she put it, torque. dr. fuller told the court the brain stem controls many vital functions and the damage could have lead to love's death. on cross-examination, dr. fuller was asked if she had an opinion how love died. she said it was likely cardiac a

by young we mean up to the age of 25 while your brain is still laying down neurons, weeding away neuronset affected by this more so. >> what should we avoid as we're raising children, they're young and they're developing? are there things we can do to prevent certain addictions? >> it's interesting because up to the age of 25, the frontal lobes which are responsible for your judgment aren't fully developed yet. the rational thinking of making wiser decisions isn't always developed. for parents or people who are watching who are concerned about this, one thing you realize is that a lot of parents unwhit tingly, a lot of relatives, friends are passive pushers of these substances. this is something that people have talked about. between the ages of 12 and 17 the number of people taking these types of substances has skyrocketed over the last decade. they are getting these substances from their own medicine cabinets in their homes. >> such as? >> pain pills, antianxiety pills. a lot of times it's unrecognized that they're disappearing. one thing you can do is keep some sort of count on your p

marker for the fibrous tangles found in the brains of people with alzheimer's traveled along the neurons going from one region to the other. that's why they get severe dementia. these new findings could help develop new treatments to fight or slow down the disease and they also suspect other degenerative brain diseases like parkinson's may spread in a similar way. >>> the tributes continue to pour in for don cornelius, the soul train hoist and creator shot and killed himself yesterday -- host and creator shot and killed himself yesterday morning in los angeles. tony cornelius talked about his dad's life and legacy on cbs this morning. >> what comes to my mind is just a guy who really, really worked hard at being a professional, you know. he taught me everything i know when tv, tv production and he just really wanted to serve. he wanted to make a statement and i think he really worked extremely hard to make sure that he presented a project that people could really enjoy. >> tony cornelius says his father had been very unhappy about how things had gone on in his life for several years and

neurons are growing faster, connections still being made. while a death, like jaquan's is rare, long-term damage from many concussions is not. >> when i was young, i had to play for this team. >> a.j. flores' big dream when he moved to greenville was to be jh rose' quarterback. and to play college ball. jaquan was a close friend since middle school. >> when that happened to jaquan, did you ever consider quitting or stopping football? >> not at all. not one bit. >> november 2008, just two months after jaquan died, a.j. was with jh rose's quarterback. he had already suffered two concussions. one from a dirt bake accident and two on the baseball and football fields. then this happened. >> i got called hike and i looked like i didn't know where i was at, but i don't remember that. and that's when they pulled me. i was completely out of it. >> what a.j. just described was his fourth concussion, a day his mother, linda perdue, will never forget. did someone drop the ball here, literally? >> you know, i struggle with that every day. i think maybe i

it gets your neurons fired up again. this means you can say goodbye to foggy thinking, mental fatigue and poor memory all while improving your focus and concentration. you can absolutely regain the mental sharpness you had 10 to 15 years ago with procera. defiantly have more energy and focused and able to process things at a much increased speed then before i took the pills. i can stay in the zone if you will for a longer period of time and to me that's important because i put in 12 hour days and you got to be on top of it all the way through. i'm much better at what i do today than i've ever had been. i think it's a great product and i think once people just try it for the first week they will be sold on it like i was. it's fabulous. call now and find out how to get a free 30 day bonus supply of procera. boost your brain power, memory and focus today. this special offer also comes with a free copy of josh reynolds medically acclaimed book 20/20 brain power. plus a subscription to his brain health and fitness news letter