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Skin Color Gives Clues to Health
Researchers have found that
the color of a person's skin
affects how healthy and
therefore attractive they
appear, and have found that
diet may be crucial to
achieving the most desirable
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How the Brain Filters out Distracting Thoughts to Focus on a Single Bit of Information
Researchers in Norway have
discovered a mechanism that
the brain uses to filter out
distracting thoughts to
focus on a single bit of
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Blindness Causes Structural Brain Changes, Implying Brain Can Re-Organize Itself to Adapt
Scientists have confirmed
that blindness causes
structural changes in the
brain, implying that the
brain may re-organize itself
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Bigger Not Necessarily Better, When It Comes to Brains
Tiny insects could be as
intelligent as much bigger
animals, despite only having
a brain the size of a
pinhead, say scientists.
Animals with bigger brains
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Examining Mathematical Abilities in Children With Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
November 20, 2009 — Children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) have a number of cognitive deficits. Mathematical ability seems particularly damaged in children with FASD. A new study supports the importance of ... > full story -
Sight Gone, but Not Necessarily Lost?
November 18, 2009 — Like all tissues in the body, the eye needs a healthy blood supply to function properly. Poorly developed blood vessels can lead to visual impairment or even blindness. While many of the molecules ... > full story -
First Near-Total Face and Upper-Jaw Transplant Appears Successful
November 17, 2009 — More than a year and a half following the first near-total face and upper jaw transplant, the donor tissue appears successfully integrated, according to a report. The recipient has experienced no ... > full story -
Why Can't Chimps Speak? Key Differences In How Human And Chimp Versions Of FOXP2 Gene Work
November 12, 2009 — If humans are genetically related to chimps, why did our brains develop the innate ability for language and speech while theirs did not? Scientists suspect that part of the answer to the mystery lies ... > full story -
New Brain Findings On Dyslexic Children: Good Readers Learn From Repeating Auditory Signals, Poor Readers Do Not
November 12, 2009 — The vast majority of school-aged children can focus on the voice of a teacher amid the cacophony of the typical classroom thanks to a brain that automatically focuses on relevant, predictable and ... > full story -
Foreign Subtitles Improve Speech Perception
November 11, 2009 — You can improve your second-language listening ability by watching the movie with subtitles -- as long as these subtitles are in the same language as the film. Subtitles in one's native language, the ... > full story -
Emotions Increase Or Decrease Pain, Say Researchers
November 11, 2009 — Getting a flu shot this fall? Canadians scientists have found that focusing on a pretty image could alleviate the sting of that vaccine. According to a new study, negative and positive emotions have ... > full story -
Scientists Create 'Golden Ear' Mouse With Great Hearing As It Ages
November 9, 2009 — What do you get when you cross a mouse with poor hearing and a mouse with even worse hearing? Ironically, a new strain of mice with "golden ears" -- mice that have outstanding hearing as they age. ... > full story -
Why Some People Get Sick From Harmless Smells
November 9, 2009 — People who become ill from harmless smells are not being silly, says a researcher. Rather, they perceive these smells differently than other people. The smell is detected more rapidly by the brain ... > full story -
Early Scents Really Do Get 'Etched' In The Brain
November 6, 2009 — Common experience tells us that particular scents of childhood can leave quite an impression, for better or for worse. Now, researchers reporting the results of a brain imaging study show that first ... > full story
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