Brain
- Brain
Concussion: More than ‘getting your bell rung’
This common brain injury can cause serious — and lasting — damage.
- Brain
Baby brain, adult disease
Scientists find signs of Alzheimer’s disease in the brains of infants.
- Brain
Learning language before birth
Scientists find that newborns can recognize vowel sounds similar to those spoken by their parents.
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- Health & Medicine
Of fish and brain health
Moms-to-be who eat a diet rich in the right fish may pass along benefits to their children
- Brain
The teenage brain
Adolescence triggers brain — and behavioral — changes that few kids or adults understand.
- Brain
Risk-taking linked to Ritalin
People who inappropriately take the prescription drug to become more alert may also become more reckless.
- Brain
Learning in your sleep
Sleeping people can be taught to make connections between sounds and smells.
- Brain
Fooling the mind’s eye
Brain scientists find they have much to learn from magicians and their tricks.
- Animals
Cool Jobs: Scents of science
Better understanding of the sense of smell inspires research into everything from whales to electronic ‘noses’
- Animals
Monkeys’ mistake detector
Specific brain cells in macaques respond to fellow animal’s error.
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