AutismPsychology·March 29, 2012·2 min readCDC Estimates 1 in 88 Children in US Has Been Identified as Having an Autism Spectrum DisorderCDC data help communities better serve these children. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 1 in 88...Read More
Psychology·March 28, 2012·4 min readIn Immersion Foreign Language Learning, Adults Attain, Retain Native Speaker Brain PatternA first-of-its kind series of brain studies shows how an adult learning a foreign language can come to use the...Read More
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FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience Videos·March 27, 2012·3 min readBlocking “Oh-Glick-Nack” May Improve Long-Term MemoryJust as the familiar sugar in food can be bad for the teeth and waistline, another sugar has been implicated...Read More
FeaturedNeurology·March 27, 2012·3 min readChronic Stress Spawns Protein Aggregates Linked to Alzheimer’sRepeated stress triggers the production and accumulation of insoluble tau protein aggregates inside the brain cells of mice, say researchers...Read More
Brain CancerNeuroscience Videos·March 27, 2012·2 min readResearchers Use Nanoparticles, Magnetic Current to Damage Cancerous Cells in MiceUsing nanoparticles and alternating magnetic fields, University of Georgia scientists have found that head and neck cancerous tumor cells in...Read More
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FeaturedPsychology·March 23, 2012·2 min readThe Impossible Staircase in Our Heads: How We Visualize the World Around UsOur interpretation of the world around us may have more in common with the impossible staircase illusion than it does...Read More
Neurology·March 20, 2012·2 min readNew Hope for Treating Alzheimer’s Disease: A Role for the FKBP52 ProteinNew research in humans published today reveals that the so-called FKBP52 protein may prevent the Tau protein from turning pathogenic....Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceNeuroscience Videos·March 19, 2012·4 min readSmell is a SymphonyStowers researchers present a new model for how the brain is organized to process odor information. Just like a road...Read More
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