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  Connectome Project Releases Brain Data

  March 5, 2013 — The Human Connectome Project, a five-year endeavor to link brain connectivity to human behavior, has released a set of high-quality imaging and behavioral data to the scientific ... > full story
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  Better Understanding of Peripheral Neuropathy

  March 5, 2013 — Researchers have unlocked the key to a mechanism for peripheral neuropathy in people with multiple brain ... > full story
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  Seniors Who Play Video Games Report Better Sense of Emotional Well-Being

  March 5, 2013 — New research finds that older adults who play video games report higher levels of emotional ... > full story
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  Novel Storage Mechanism Allows Command, Control of Memory

  March 5, 2013 — Introductions at a party seemingly go in one ear and out the other. However, if you meet someone two or three times during the party, you are more likely to remember his or her name. Your brain has ... > full story
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  Product Promotion: When Do Emotional Appeals Trump Celebrity Spokespeople?

  March 5, 2013 — Emotional appeals could be more effective than celebrities when promoting products related to a consumer’s identity, according to a new ... > full story
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  Kirk, Spock Together: Putting Emotion, Logic Into Computational Words

  March 5, 2013 — In a large neuroimaging study, 127 volunteers played a take-it-or-leave-it game that shows cold reasoning and hot feelings may be more intimately connected than previously ... > full story
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  Mental Picture of Others Can Be Seen Using fMRI, Finds New Study

  March 5, 2013 — It is possible to tell who a person is thinking about by analyzing images of his or her brain. Our mental models of people produce unique patterns of brain activation, which can be detected using ... > full story
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  Single Gene Might Explain Dramatic Differences Among People With Schizophrenia

  March 5, 2013 — Some of the dramatic differences seen among patients with schizophrenia may be explained by a single gene that regulates a group of other schizophrenia risk ... > full story
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  New Gene Variant May Explain Psychotic Features in Bipolar Disorder

  March 5, 2013 — Researchers have found an explanation for why the level of kynurenic acid (KYNA) is higher in the brains of people with schizophrenia or bipolar disease with psychosis. The study identifies a gene ... > full story
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  Stress Hormone Foreshadows Postpartum Depression in New Mothers

  March 4, 2013 — Women who receive strong social support from their families during pregnancy appear to be protected from sharp increases in a particular stress hormone, making them less likely to develop postpartum ... > full story

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