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Brain Makes Call on Which Ear Is Used for Cell Phone
If you're a left-brain
thinker, chances are you use
your right hand to hold your
cell phone up to your right
ear, according to a newly
published study. The study
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Bach to the Blues, Our Emotions Match Music to Colors
Whether we're listening to
Bach or the blues, our
brains are wired to make
music-color connections
depending on how the
melodies make us feel,
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Fast and Painless Way to Better Mental Arithmetic? Yes, There Might Actually Be a Way
In the future, if you want
to improve your ability to
manipulate numbers in your
head, you might just plug
yourself in. So say
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Crickets' Calling Song Hits the High Notes
Research has detailed how
acoustic communication has
evolved within a unique
species of cricket which
exploits extremely high
frequency harmonics to
interact. ... > full story
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'Good Vibrations:' Brain Ultrasound Improves Mood
May 15, 2013 — Non-invasive brain stimulation techniques aimed at mental and neurological conditions include transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) for depression, and transcranial direct current (electrical) ... > full story -
Grammar Errors? The Brain Detects Them Even When You Are Unaware
May 13, 2013 — Your brain often works on autopilot when it comes to grammar. That theory has been around for years, but neuroscientists have now captured elusive hard evidence that people indeed detect and process ... > full story -
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Background Noise in the Operating Room Can Impair Surgical Team Communication
May 10, 2013 — To assess the effects of ambient noise on communication in the operating room, investigators created a noise environment similar to that of an OR and tested 15 ... > full story -
Sense of Touch Reproduced Through Prosthetic Hand
May 9, 2013 — Neurobiologists have shown how an organism can sense a tactile stimulus, in real time, through an artificial sensor for the first ... > full story -
Social Connections Drive the 'Upward Spiral' of Positive Emotions and Health
May 9, 2013 — People who experience warmer, more upbeat emotions may have better physical health because they make more social connections, according to a new ... > full story -
Brain System for Emotional Self-Control Discovered
May 9, 2013 — Different brain areas are activated when we choose to suppress an emotion, compared to when we are instructed to inhibit an emotion, according a new ... > full story -
Benefit Vs. Risk of Facial Recognition Technology
May 8, 2013 — Law enforcement agencies are using facial recognition software as a crime-fighting tool. Now businesses are looking to use the technology to reach customers. But a professor questions whether ... > full story -
Brain, Not Eye Mechanisms Keep Color Vision Constant Across Lifespan
May 8, 2013 — Cone receptors in the human eye lose their color sensitivity with age, but our subjective experience of color remains largely unchanged over the years. This ability to compensate for age-related ... > full story -
Laughter Perception Networks in Brain Different for Mocking, Joyful or Ticklish Laughter
May 8, 2013 — A laugh may signal mockery, humor, joy or simply be a response to tickling, but each kind of laughter conveys a wealth of auditory and social information. These different kinds of laughter also spark ... > full story -
Brain Anatomy of Dyslexia Is Not the Same in Men and Women, Boys and Girls
May 8, 2013 — Using MRI, neuroscientists have found significant differences in brain anatomy when comparing men and women with dyslexia to their non-dyslexic control groups. Their study is the first to directly ... > full story
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