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Mind Hacks: How synaesthesia grows in childhood, and dies out view story
2 votes- Submitted by katharinec
- about 20 hours ago
- (http://www.mindhacks.com/blog/200...)
- Became popular about 20 hours ago
Synaesthesia is well studied in adults and is thought to be a result of unusual connections created during brain development, but it has been hardly studied in children - until now.
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FOXNews.com - It's Not a Tumor - Doctors Find Worm In Woman's Brain Instead - Health News | Current Health News | Medical News view story
4 votes- Submitted by dwaynehoov
- 1 day ago
- (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,29...)
- Became popular 1 day ago
It's Not a Tumor - Doctors Find Worm In Woman's Brain Instead, Doctors in Arizona thought a Phoenix-area woman had a possible brain tumor, but it turned out there was something else penetrating her brain � a worm.
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How is our left brain is different from our right? view story
2 votes- Submitted by katharinec
- 1 day ago
- (http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_rel...)
- Became popular 1 day ago
Japanese research team, led by Prof. Ryuichi Shigemoto in National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Dr. Yoshiaki Shinohara and his colleagues found that synaptic size and shape in the center of the spatial memory (i.e., hippocampus) were asymmetrical
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Brain flip helps to relieve pre-menstrual stress - life - 19 November 2008 - New Scientist view story
2 votes- Submitted by katharinec
- 2 days ago
- (http://www.newscientist.com/artic...)
- Became popular 2 days ago
During menstruation, women's brain activity caused by stress switches sides to mitigate the effect of hormonal changes
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Color Perception Shifts From Right Brain to Left : Discovery News view story
1 vote- Submitted by baesparza
- 2 days ago
- (http://dsc.discovery.com/news/200...)
- Became popular 2 days ago
Learning the name of a color changes the part of the brain that's at work.
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HowStuffWorks "Why do songs get stuck in my head?" view story
20 votes- Submitted by MrJavodotCom
- 3 days ago
- (http://health.howstuffworks.com/s...)
- Became popular 3 days ago
Why do songs get stuck in my head, you might wonder. The phenomenon is called an earworm -- learn why songs can get stuck in your head.
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Vegetarianism Harms the Brain view story
4 votes- Submitted by Geniusbeauty
- 4 days ago
- (http://geniusbeauty.com/diet-weig...)
- Became popular 3 days ago
Eating solely vegetarian food leads to decrease in the brain volume as we age, so the scientists warn against excluding fish and meat from diet.
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Novel imaging technique reveals brain abnormalities that may play key role in ADHD view story
4 votes- Submitted by katharinec
- 4 days ago
- (http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_rel...)
- Became popular 4 days ago
A new study in the advance edition of the American Journal of Psychiatry reveals shape differences in the brains of children with ADHD. Researchers from the Kennedy Krieger Institute and the Johns Hopkins Center for Imaging Science used a new tool, large
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Forgotten but not gone -- how the brain takes care of things view story
4 votes- Submitted by katharinec
- 4 days ago
- (http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_rel...)
- Became popular 4 days ago
Connections between nerve cells remain intact even when temporarily put out of service.
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Brain and Mind view story
26 votes- Submitted by MacBookForMe
- 5 days ago
- (http://c250.columbia.edu/c250_eve...)
- Became popular 5 days ago
Leading neuroscientists gathered at this C250 symposium to discuss the accomplishments and limitations of reductionist and holistic approaches to examining the nervous system and mental functions.

