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  Arguments in the Home Linked With Babies' Brain Functioning

  March 25, 2013 — Being exposed to arguments between parents is associated with the way babies' brains process emotional tone of voice, according to a new study. Infants were found to respond to an angry tone of ... > full story
• Consumer Behavior
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  Parkinsons' Drug Helps Older People to Make Decisions

  March 24, 2013 — A drug widely used to treat Parkinson's disease can help to reverse age-related impairments in decision making in some older people, a new study has ... > full story
• Healthy Aging
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  DNA Damage Occurs as Part of Normal Brain Activity, Scientists Discover

  March 24, 2013 — Scientists have discovered that a certain type of DNA damage long thought to be particularly detrimental to brain cells can actually be part of a regular, non-harmful process. The team further found ... > full story
• Mental Health
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  Alterations in Brain Activity in Children at Risk of Schizophrenia Predate Onset of Symptoms

  March 22, 2013 — Research has shown that children at risk of developing schizophrenia have brains that function differently than those not at ... > full story
• Mating and Breeding
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  For the First Time Iberian Lynx Embryos Are Collected and Preserved

  March 22, 2013 — A pioneering procedure in felines allows the collection of biological material from Iberian lynx females before castration. The preserved biological material of the lynxes will be used in future ... > full story
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  Low-Cost 'Cooling Cure' Would Avert Brain Damage in Oxygen-Starved Babies

  March 21, 2013 — When babies are deprived of oxygen before birth, brain damage can occur. Preventive treatment is not always available in developing nations. Students have invented a low-tech $40 unit to provide ... > full story
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  Multiple Sclerosis Research: Thalamus Moves Into the Spotlight

  March 21, 2013 — A new study found that atrophy of the thalamus, determined with MRI, can help identify which patients with clinically isolated syndrome, a patient's first episode of MS, are at risk for developing ... > full story
• Autism
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  Misregulated Genes May Have Big Autism Role

  March 21, 2013 — A genetic pathway involving proteins in the endosomes of cells appears to be misregulated in the brains of children with autism, according to a newly published statistical analysis. Previously, the ... > full story
• Neuroscience
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  Monkeys
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  Pavlov Inverted: Reward Linked to Image Is Enough to Activate Brain's Visual Cortex

  March 21, 2013 — Once rhesus monkeys learn to associate a picture with a reward, the reward by itself becomes enough to alter the activity in the monkeys' visual ... > full story
• Memory
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  Neuroscience of Finding Your Lost Keys

  March 21, 2013 — Ever find yourself racking your brain on a Monday morning to remember where you put your car keys? When you do find those keys, you can thank the hippocampus, a brain region responsible for storing ... > full story

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