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  'OK' Contact Lenses: New Technique Shows Promise in Restoring Near Vision Without Glasses

  April 1, 2013 — By middle age, most people have age-related declines in near vision requiring bifocals or reading glasses. An emerging technique called hyperopic orthokeratology may provide a new alternative for ... > full story
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  Sensory Helmet Could Mean Firefighters Are Not Left in the Dark

  March 29, 2013 — A specially-adapted "tactile helmet," could provide firefighters operating in challenging conditions with vital clues about their ... > full story
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  Seeing Happiness in Ambiguous Facial Expressions Reduces Aggressive Behavior

  March 28, 2013 — Encouraging young people at high-risk of criminal offending and delinquency to see happiness rather than anger in facial expressions results in a decrease in their levels of anger and aggression, ... > full story
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  Protecting Ears from Hearing Loss: Primary Role of Olivocochlear Efferent System Discovered

  March 27, 2013 — New research may have discovered a key piece in the puzzle of how hearing works by identifying the role of the olivocochlear efferent system in protecting ears from hearing ... > full story
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  Tarsiers' Bulging Eyes Shed Light on Evolution of Human Vision

  March 27, 2013 — After eons of wandering in the dark, primates developed highly acute, three-color vision that permitted them to shift to daytime living, a new study suggests. The findings challenge the prevailing ... > full story
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  Virtual Games Help the Blind Navigate Unknown Territory

  March 27, 2013 — Scientists have developed a virtual gaming environment to help blind individuals improve navigation skills and develop a cognitive spatial map of unfamiliar buildings and public ... > full story
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  Mice Show Innate Ability to Vocalize: Deaf or Not, Courting Male Mice Make Same Sounds

  March 26, 2013 — While humans and birds must learn to vocalize, a neurophysiologist has found that deaf male mice will vocalize to females the same way as hearing mice. The finding points the way to a more finely ... > full story
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  Human Emotion: We Report Our Feelings in 3-D

  March 26, 2013 — Like it or not and despite the surrounding debate of its merits, 3-D is the technology du jour for movie-making in Hollywood. It now turns out that even our brains use three dimensions to communicate ... > full story
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  Developing Our Sense of Smell

  March 25, 2013 — Biologists have found that neural-crest stem cells--multipotent, migratory cells unique to vertebrates that give rise to facial bones, smooth muscle, and other structures -- also play a key role in ... > full story
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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

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