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  Sound Stimulation During Sleep Can Enhance Memory

  April 11, 2013 — Slow oscillations in brain activity, which occur during so-called slow-wave sleep, are critical for retaining memories. Researchers have found that playing sounds synchronized to the rhythm of the ... > full story
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  Different Brains Have Similar Responses to Music

  April 11, 2013 — Do the brains of different people listening to the same piece of music actually respond in the same way? An imaging study says the answer is yes, which may in part explain why music plays such a big ... > full story
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  Despite What You May Think, Your Brain Is a Mathematical Genius: How Visual System Automatically Adapts to New Environments

  April 11, 2013 — The irony of getting away to a remote place is you usually have to fight traffic to get there. After hours of dodging dangerous drivers, you finally arrive at that quiet mountain retreat, stare at ... > full story
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  People Who Normally Practice Sport Have a Better Attention Span Than Those With Bad Physical Health

  April 10, 2013 — Good physical health is related to a better functioning of both the central nervous system (CNS) and the autonomic nervous system (ANS), according to new ... > full story
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  One-Two Punch Could Be Key in Treating Blindness

  April 9, 2013 — Researchers have discovered that using two kinds of therapy in tandem may be a knockout combo against inherited disorders that cause blindness. While their study focused on man's best friend, the ... > full story
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  Rare Primate's Vocal Lip-Smacks Share Features of Human Speech

  April 8, 2013 — The vocal lip-smacks that geladas use in friendly encounters have surprising similarities to human speech, according to a new study. The geladas, which live only in the mountains of Ethiopia, are the ... > full story
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  Non-Invasive Mapping Helps to Localize Language Centers Before Brain Surgery

  April 8, 2013 — A new functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) technique may provide neurosurgeons with a non-invasive tool to help in mapping critical areas of the brain before surgery, reports a new ... > full story
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  How Our Bodies Interact With Our Minds in Response to Fear and Other Emotions

  April 7, 2013 — New research has shown that the way our minds react to and process emotions such as fear can vary according to what is happening in other parts of our ... > full story
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  Do Cells in the Blood, Heart and Lungs Smell the Food We Eat?

  April 7, 2013 — In a discovery suggesting that odors may have a far more important role in life than previously believed, scientists have found that heart, blood, lung and other cells in the body have the same ... > full story
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  New Vision of How We Explore Our World

  April 5, 2013 — Brain researchers have discovered that we explore the world with our eyes in a different way than previously thought. Their results advance our understanding of how healthy observers and neurological ... > full story

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