Brain

  1. Brain

    Perfect pacifier

    In people and mice, carrying a baby calms it.

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  2. Brain

    The stuff of dreams

    Computer program decodes dreams, finds similar brain activity patterns for objects seen while asleep or awake.

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  3. Brain

    Brain to brain

    Rats brains signaled each other through computers.

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  4. Brain

    Concussion: More than ‘getting your bell rung’

    This common brain injury can cause serious — and lasting — damage.

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  5. Brain

    Baby brain, adult disease

    Scientists find signs of Alzheimer’s disease in the brains of infants.

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  6. Brain

    Learning language before birth

    Scientists find that newborns can recognize vowel sounds similar to those spoken by their parents.

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  7. Brain

    Baby’s stress can last decades

    Early stress may impair adult behavior, especially in girls.

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  8. 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

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  9. Brain

    The teenage brain

    Adolescence triggers brain — and behavioral — changes that few kids or adults understand.

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  10. Brain

    Risk-taking linked to Ritalin

    People who inappropriately take the prescription drug to become more alert may also become more reckless.

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  11. Brain

    Learning in your sleep

    Sleeping people can be taught to make connections between sounds and smells.

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  12. Brain

    Fooling the mind’s eye

    Brain scientists find they have much to learn from magicians and their tricks.

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