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Hearing Metaphors Activates Brain Regions Involved in Sensory Experience
New brain imaging research
reveals that a region of the
brain important for sensing
texture through touch, the
parietal operculum, is also
... > full story
Schizophrenia: When Hallucinatory Voices Suppress Real Ones, New Electronic Application May Help
When a patient afflicted
with schizophrenia hears
inner voices something is
taking place inside the
brain that prevents the
... > full story
Scientists Decode Brain Waves to Eavesdrop on What We Hear
Neuroscientists and surgeons
have recorded electrical
activity in the temporal
lobe -- the seat of the
auditory system -- to
... > full story
Music Training Has Biological Impact on Aging Process
Age-related delays in neural
timing are not inevitable
and can be avoided or offset
with musical training,
according to the first study
to provide biological
... > full story
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Kids Show Cultural Gender Bias
February 10, 2012 — A recent study examining whether speaking French influenced how children assigned gender to objects yielded some interesting observations. Researchers found some differences between the monolingual ... > full story -
To Make a Social Robot, Key Is Satisfying the Human Mind
February 3, 2012 — Understanding the human mind is the key to social robotics, and researchers describe what we can expect from this field in the ... > full story -
Dyslexia-Linked Genetic Variant Decreases Midline Crossing of Auditory Pathways
February 1, 2012 — Scientists have found that a rare dyslexia-linked genetic variant of the ROBO1 gene decreases normal crossing of auditory pathways in the human brain. The results link, for the first time, a ... > full story -
Researchers Rewrite Textbook on Location of Brain's Speech Processing Center
January 30, 2012 — Scientists have long believed that human speech is processed towards the back of the brain's cerebral cortex, behind auditory cortex where all sounds are received -- a place famously known as ... > full story -
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Prenatal Testosterone Linked to Increased Risk of Language Delay for Male Infants, Study Shows
January 25, 2012 — New research by Australian scientists reveals that males who are exposed to high levels of testosterone before birth are twice as likely to experience delays in language development compared to ... > full story -
Adolescents With Autism Spend Free Time Using Solitary, Screen-Based Media
January 25, 2012 — Children with autism spectrum disorders tend to be fascinated by screen-based technology. A new study found that adolescents with autism (64.2 percent) spend most of their free time using solitary, ... > full storyMore: -
Learning to 'Talk Things Through in Your Head' May Help People With Autism
January 24, 2012 — Teaching children with autism to "talk things through in their head" may help them to solve complex day-to-day tasks, which could increase the chances of independent, flexible living later in life, ... > full story -
Religion Helps Us Gain Self-Control, Study Suggests
January 24, 2012 — Thinking about religion gives people more self-control on later, unrelated tasks, according to results from a series of recent ... > full story -
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Spotting Dyslexia Before a Child Starts School
January 23, 2012 — Children at risk for dyslexia show differences in brain activity on MRI scans even before they begin learning to read, finds a new study. Since developmental dyslexia responds to early intervention, ... > full story -
The Advantage of Ambiguity in Language
January 19, 2012 — Cognitive scientists develop a new take on an old problem: Why human language has so many words with multiple ... > full story
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