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  Brain Makes Call on Which Ear Is Used for Cell Phone

  May 16, 2013 — 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 shows a strong correlation between ... > full story
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  Bach to the Blues, Our Emotions Match Music to Colors

  May 16, 2013 — 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, according to new research. For instance, Mozart's jaunty ... > full story
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  Fast and Painless Way to Better Mental Arithmetic? Yes, There Might Actually Be a Way

  May 16, 2013 — In the future, if you want to improve your ability to manipulate numbers in your head, you might just plug yourself in. So say researchers who report on studies of a harmless form of brain ... > full story
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  Crickets' Calling Song Hits the High Notes

  May 16, 2013 — Research has detailed how acoustic communication has evolved within a unique species of cricket which exploits extremely high frequency harmonics to ... > 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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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

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