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·November 1, 2017·5 min read

Why It’s Time to Lay the Stereotype of the ‘Teen Brain’ to Rest

Researchers explore what goes on in the teen brain during this critical point of development and say that it might be time to put some age-old stereotypes to rest.

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·November 1, 2017·4 min read

Stay Focused, If You Can: Individual Differences in Brain Dynamics Influence Self Control

Researchers investigate the neuroscience behind how some people are better at resisting temptation that others.

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·November 1, 2017·5 min read

Babies Can Use Context to Look For Things

At 6 months of age, babies are capable of memory guided attention, a new study reveals. Young infants are able to learn and remember contextual visual cues to find objects of interest, researchers report. The findings shed new light on both typical and atypical brain development.

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·October 31, 2017·5 min read

Why Do Some Head Knocks Cause More Damage Than Others?

Damaging shock waves intensify deep within the brain following head impact, researchers report.

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·October 31, 2017·5 min read

Humans Don’t Use As Much Brainpower As We Like to Think

A new study challenges a long standing evolutionary theory regarding our 'uniquely' expansive brain. Researchers report other animals had energy hungry brains long before humans.

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·October 31, 2017·4 min read

Detecting Dyslexia Risks Before Learning to Read

A new study links auditory processing and a child's reading skill. Researchers hope their findings could provide an early diagnostic tool for dyslexia.

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·October 31, 2017·4 min read

What Trick or Treating Tells Us About Human Nature

Researchers explore what the Halloween tradition of Trick-or-Treating can tell us about human behavior and choices.

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·October 31, 2017·3 min read

Right Handed Baseball Players More Successful When Batting Left Handed

Astros and Dodgers players take note, your batting hand may determine your success in a game. Researchers report baseball players who throw and bat left-handed should have a batting advantage as they have less neurological hemispheric lateralization than right handers.

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·October 31, 2017·4 min read

Alzheimer’s Disease Might Be a ‘Whole Body’ Problem

Using a technique called parabiosis on pairs of mice, researchers discover what they call 'cancer like mobility' of amyloid beta, reporting it can travel to the brain from other parts of the body.

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·October 30, 2017·4 min read

How Memories Ripple Through the Brain

Researchers demonstrate sleep boosts communication between the neocortex and hippocampus, assisting with memory formation.

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·October 30, 2017·5 min read

Rousing Masses to Fight Cancer With Open Source Machine Learning

Georgia Tech researchers are calling on machine learning specialists and cancer researchers to help discover potential new therapies for oncological diseases.