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  Teens' Brains Are More Sensitive to Rewarding Feedback from Peers

  April 17, 2013 — Teenagers are risk-takers -- they're more likely than children or adults to experiment with illicit substances, have unprotected sex, and drive recklessly. But research shows that teenagers have the ... > full story
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  Going Places: Rat Brain 'GPS' Maps Routes to Rewards

  April 17, 2013 — Studying rats' ability to navigate familiar territory, scientists found that the hippocampus uses remembered spatial information to imagine routes the rats then follow. Their discovery has ... > full story
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  Acute Stress Primes Brain for Better Cognitive and Mental Performance

  April 16, 2013 — Chronic stress is known to cause major health problems, yet acute stress can be good for you. A new study shows why. Stress generates new nerve cells in the brain that, two weeks later, help you ... > full story
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  Memory, the Adolescent Brain and Lying: The Limits of Neuroscientific Evidence in the Law

  April 16, 2013 — Brain scans are increasingly able to reveal whether you believe you remember some person or event in your life. In a new study, researchers used fMRI brain scans to detect whether a person recognized ... > full story
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  Scientists Pinpoint Brain's Area for Numeral Recognition

  April 16, 2013 — Scientists have determined the precise anatomical coordinates of a brain "hot spot," measuring only about one-fifth of an inch across, that is preferentially activated when people view the ordinary ... > full story
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  Aerobic Exercise May Protect Cognitive Abilities of Heavy Drinkers

  April 16, 2013 — Aerobic exercise may help prevent and perhaps even reverse some of the brain damage associated with heavy alcohol consumption, according to a new ... > full story
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  Anxious About Life and Afraid of Death? Tylenol May Do the Trick, Study Suggests

  April 16, 2013 — Researchers have found a new potential use for the over-the-counter pain drug Tylenol. Typically known to relieve physical pain, the study suggests the drug may also reduce the psychological effects ... > full story

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  Stimulating the Brain Blunts Cigarette Craving

  April 16, 2013 — Cigarette smoking is the leading cause of preventable deaths globally. Unfortunately smoking cessation is difficult, with more than 90% of attempts to quit resulting in ... > full story
• Memory
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  Training the Brain to Improve on New Tasks

  April 15, 2013 — A brain-training task that increases the number of items an individual can remember over a short period of time may boost performance in other problem-solving tasks by enhancing communication between ... > full story
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  New Light Shed on Traumatic Brain Injuries

  April 15, 2013 — A new article offers the latest information concerning a "switch" that turns "on" and "off" inflammation in the brain after ... > full story

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