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  Southerners Are Less Trusting, but Trust Is a Factor in Environmental Cooperation, U.S. Study Shows

  July 31, 2013 — Southerners are generally not as trusting as people who live in other parts of the U.S., but trusting people are more likely to cooperate in recycling, buying green products and conserving water, a ... > full story
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  Autism Symptoms Not Explained by Impaired Attention

  July 31, 2013 — Two aspects of attention -- reorienting focus and attending to social information -- do not seem to account for the diversity symptoms seen in autistic children, according to new ... > full story
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  Words and Actions: What Is the Connection Between Linguistic and Motor Functions?

  July 31, 2013 — According to some neuroscientists the linguistic and the motor systems are strictly “tied up”. That is to say, for instance, that to understand the word “drinking” our brain ... > full story
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  'Love Hormone' Oxytocin: Difference in Social Perception Between Men and Women

  July 31, 2013 — The "love hormone" oxytocin improves men's ability to identify competitive relationships whereas in women it facilitates the ability to identify kinship, according to a recent ... > full story
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  Against All Odds: Male Holocaust Survivors Have a Longer Life-Expectancy

  July 31, 2013 — According to a recent study that examined over 55-thousand Polish Jews who immigrated to Israel before and after World War II. "These results give us hope and teach us of the strength and resilience ... > full story
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  Fresh Fuel Reignites Asperger's Debate

  July 30, 2013 — Children with Asperger’s Syndrome have different electroencephalography (EEG) patterns to children with autism, reveals a new study. With distinct neurophysiology, the study pours fresh fuel on ... > full story
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  Increased Fluctuation in Blood Pressure Linked to Impaired Cognitive Function in Older People

  July 30, 2013 — Higher variability in visit-to-visit blood pressure readings, independent of average blood pressure, could be related to impaired cognitive function in old age in those already at high risk of ... > full story
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  Exercise May Be the Best Medicine for Alzheimer's Disease

  July 30, 2013 — Regular, moderate exercise could improve memory and cognitive function in those at risk for Alzheimer's disease in a way no drug can. Scientists studied the effects of exercise on a group of older ... > full story
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  Second Known Case of Patient Developing Synesthesia After Brain Injury

  July 30, 2013 — A Toronto man is only the second known person to have acquired synesthesia as a result of a brain injury, in this case a stroke. About nine months after suffering a stroke, the patient noticed that ... > full story
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  How to Learn Successfully Even Under Stress

  July 30, 2013 — Whenever we have to acquire new knowledge under stress, the brain deploys unconscious rather than conscious learning processes. Neuroscientists have discovered that this switch from conscious to ... > full story

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