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  Punishment Can Enhance Performance, Academics Find

  March 13, 2013 — The stick can work just as well as the carrot in improving our performance, a team of academics has ... > full story
• Nutrition
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  Green Food Labels Make Nutrition-Poor Food Seem Healthy

  March 12, 2013 — Green calorie labels may lead people to see nutrition-poor foods in a healthier light. A researcher says consumers are more likely to perceive a candy bar as more healthful when it has a green ... > full story
• Nervous System
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  Brain Spikes: Synchrony May Be Key to Cracking Brain's Neural Code

  March 12, 2013 — Biomedical engineers have detailed research progress toward “reading and writing the neural code.” The neural code details how the brain’s roughly 100 billion neurons turn raw ... > full story
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  Long-Suspected Cause of Blindness from Eye Disease Disproved

  March 11, 2013 — The lack of very long chain fatty acids does not cause blindness in children with the incurable eye disease known as Stargardt type 3 retinal ... > full story
• Child Development
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  Mom's Sensitivity Helps Language Development in Children With Hearing Loss

  March 8, 2013 — Psychologists demonstrate the impact sensitive parenting has on language growth for children who receive cochlear ... > full story
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  Sniff, Sniff: New Form of Animal Communication Discovered

  March 7, 2013 — Sniffing has been observed to also serve as a method for rats to communicate —- a fundamental discovery that may help scientists identify brain regions critical for interpreting communications ... > full story
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  Human Brain Treats Prosthetic Devices as Part of the Body

  March 6, 2013 — People with spinal cord injuries show a strong association of wheelchairs as part of their body, not an extension of immobile limbs. The human brain can learn to treat relevant prosthetics as a ... > full story
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  How the Body's Energy Molecule Transmits Three Types of Taste to the Brain

  March 6, 2013 — Scientists have discovered how ATP -- the body's main fuel source -- is released as the neurotransmitter from sweet, bitter, and umami, or savory, taste bud cells. The CALHM1 channel protein, which ... > full story

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  • Scientists Help Identify a Missing Link in Taste Perception
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  Solving the 'Cocktail Party Problem': How We Can Focus on One Speaker in Noisy Crowds

  March 6, 2013 — In the din of a crowded room, paying attention to just one speaker's voice can be challenging. Research demonstrates how the brain homes in on one speaker to solve this "Cocktail Party Problem." ... > full story
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  One Region, Two Functions: Multitasking Key to Overall Brain Function

  March 6, 2013 — A region of the brain known to play a key role in visual and spatial processing has a parallel function: sorting visual information into categories. Different types of information can be ... > full story

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