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Rice psychologist identifies area of brain key to choosing words

Rice psychologist identifies area of brain key to choosing words

   New research by a Rice University psychologist clearly identifies the parts of the brain involved in the process of choosing appropriate words during speech.

Posted : Thu, Dec 25, 2008

Category : Science / General-Sciences News

Biologists link locust comas with human migraine

Biologists link locust comas with human migraine

   The way locusts react to stress may provide an important clue to understanding what causes human migraines - and how to reduce their painful effects, says Queen's Biology professor Mel Robertson.

Posted : Sat, Feb 09, 2008

Category : Science / General-Sciences News

MIT research helps convert brain signals into action

MIT research helps convert brain signals into action

   MIT researchers have developed a new algorithm to help create prosthetic devices that convert brain signals into action in patients who have been paralyzed or had limbs amputated.

Posted : Wed, Oct 03, 2007

Category : Science / General-Sciences News

MIT IDs binocular vision gene

MIT IDs binocular vision gene

   In work that could lead to new treatments for sensory disorders in which people experience the strange phenomena of seeing better with one eye covered, MIT researchers report that they have identified the gene responsible for binocular vision.

Posted : Mon, Sep 17, 2007

Category : Science / General-Sciences News

Adult brain can change, study confirms

Adult brain can change, study confirms

   It is well established that a child's brain has a remarkable capacity for change, but controversy continues about the extent to which such plasticity exists in the adult human primary sensory cortex.

Posted : Thu, Sep 06, 2007

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Brains Learn Better At Night

Brains Learn Better At Night

   If you think that the idea of a morning person or an evening person is nonsense, then postgraduate student Martin Sale and his colleagues from the University of Adelaide have news for you.

Posted : Thu, Aug 23, 2007

Category : Science / General-Sciences News

Trust your instincts

Trust your instincts

   A University College London study has found that trusting your instincts may help you to make better decisions than thinking too hard. The research shows that, in some cases, instinctive snap decisions are more reliable than decisions taken using higher-level cognitive processes.

Posted : Thu, Jan 11, 2007

Category : Science / General-Sciences News
 
 
 
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