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Why Do We Gesticulate?
July 2, 2013 — If you rely on hand gestures to get your point across, you can thank fish for that! Scientists have found that the evolution of the control of speech and hand movements can be traced back to the same ... > full story -
Brain Sets Prices With Emotional Value
July 2, 2013 — You might be falling in love with that new car, but you probably wouldn't pay as much for it if you could resist the feeling. Researchers who study how the brain values things -- a field called ... > full story -
Scientists Help Explain Visual System's Remarkable Ability to Recognize Complex Objects
July 2, 2013 — How is it possible for a human eye to figure out letters that are twisted and looped in crazy directions, like those in the little security test internet users are often given on websites? It seems ... > full story -
Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation Helps Stroke Patients Gain Prolonged Language Recovery
July 2, 2013 — A new study details a technique developed by researchers to improve language function in stroke patients with chronic speech-language ... > full story -
Hearing Loss from Loud Blasts May Be Treatable
July 1, 2013 — Long-term hearing loss from loud explosions, such as blasts from roadside bombs, may not be as irreversible as previously thought, according to a new ... > full story -
Brain Differences Seen in Depressed Preschoolers
July 1, 2013 — A key brain structure that regulates emotions works differently in preschoolers with depression compared with their healthy peers, according to new ... > full story -
Protein Essential for Cognition and Mental Health Identified
July 1, 2013 — The ability to maintain mental representations of ourselves and the world -- the fundamental building block of human cognition -- arises from the firing of highly evolved neuronal circuits, a process ... > full story -
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Link Between Fear and Sound Perception Discovered
June 30, 2013 — Researchers have discovered in an animal model how fear can increase or decrease the ability to discriminate among sounds depending on context, providing potential new insight into the distorted ... > full story -
'First Bionic Eye' Retinal Chip for Blind
June 29, 2013 — A new bionic eye works by converting video images captured by a miniature camera, housed in the patient's glasses, into a series of small electrical pulses that are transmitted wirelessly to an array ... > full story -
Early Brain Stimulation May Help Stroke Survivors Recover Language Function
June 27, 2013 — Non-invasive brain stimulation may help stroke survivors recover language function. Survivors treated with the technique regained more language function than those who did not get ... > full story
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