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  How We Decode 'Noisy' Language in Daily Life: How People Rationally Interpret Linguistic Input

  April 29, 2013 — Suppose you hear someone say, "The man gave the ice cream the child." Does that sentence seem plausible? Or do you assume it is missing a word? Such as: "The man gave the ice cream to the child." ... > full story
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  Cat and Mouse: One Gene Is Necessary for Mice to Avoid Predators

  April 29, 2013 — A new study involving olfactory receptors provides evidence that a single gene is necessary for a mouse to avoid a cat. A research team has shown that removing one olfactory receptor from mice can ... > full story
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  New Study Confirms Link Between Weight Loss and Blood Pressure for Individuals With Specific Genetic Polymorphisms

  April 25, 2013 — Your genetic makeup can help determine how well your body will respond to weight loss efforts aimed at controlling high blood pressure, a new study ... > full story
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  Body Size Conveyed by Voice Determines Vocal Attractiveness

  April 24, 2013 — Deep male voices and high-pitched female voices are perceived as more attractive because listeners gauge the speaker's body size from the frequency of their voice, according to new ... > full story
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  Psychopaths Are Not Neurally Equipped to Have Concern for Others

  April 24, 2013 — Prisoners who are psychopaths lack the basic neurophysiological "hardwiring" that enables them to care for others, according to a new ... > full story
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  Computer Game Could Improve Sight of Visually Impaired Children

  April 24, 2013 — Visually impaired children could benefit from a revolutionary new computer game being developed by a team of neuroscientists and game ... > full story
• Brain Injury
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  Decoding Touch: Rats Detect Textures With Their Whiskers

  April 23, 2013 — With their whiskers rats can detect the texture of objects in the same way as humans do using their fingertips. A new study shows that it is possible to understand what specific object has been ... > full story
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  Lazy Eye Disorder Treated With Video Game Tetris

  April 22, 2013 — Scientists have used the popular puzzle video game Tetris in an innovative approach to treat adult amblyopia, commonly known as "lazy eye." By distributing information between the two eyes in a ... > full story
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  Lost Your Keys? Your Cat? The Brain Can Rapidly Mobilize a Search Party

  April 21, 2013 — A contact lens on the bathroom floor, an escaped hamster in the backyard, a car key in a bed of gravel: How are we able to focus so sharply to find that proverbial needle in a haystack? Scientists ... > full story
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  Neural Activity in Bats Measured in-Flight

  April 18, 2013 — Scientists have, for the first time, measured the activity of place cells in the brains of bats as they navigated in three-dimensional ... > full story

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