Brain

  1. Brain

    Baby brain, adult disease

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

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  2. Brain

    Learning language before birth

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

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  3. Brain

    Baby’s stress can last decades

    Early stress may impair adult behavior, especially in girls.

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  4. 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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  5. Brain

    The teenage brain

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

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  6. 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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  7. Brain

    Learning in your sleep

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

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  8. Brain

    Fooling the mind’s eye

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

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  9. Animals

    Cool Jobs: Scents of science

    Better understanding of the sense of smell inspires research into everything from whales to electronic ‘noses’

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  10. Animals

    Monkeys’ mistake detector

    Specific brain cells in macaques respond to fellow animal’s error.

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  11. Brain

    Sweets on the brain

    Sugar-free sweeteners fool the body’s internal computer.

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  12. Brain

    The smell of old people

    Tests show that older adults have a distinct odor, but it isn’t bad.

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