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Study says females respond better to stress due to estrogen in brain...

Jul 26, 2013 by

People have theorized that women respond better to stress for a number of reasons: more likely to seek therapy, more relationships to talk things out, closer bonds, more verbal expression, etc. But a University at Buffalo team says its...

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Two Biomarkers for Autism

Jul 25, 2013 by

A study with a team of researchers from the UC Davis MIND Institute found that children with autism spectrum disorder had enlarged brains in infancy and excessive cerebrospinal fluid. The theory is that these brain anomalies are biomarkers for...

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Dyslexia or Specific Reading Comprehension Deficits?

Jul 12, 2013 by

It may not be dyslexia; it may be S-RCD. Unlike dyslexia, in which the reader confuses letters and struggles with sounding out words, with S-RCD (Specific Reading Comprehension Deficits), the child reads successfully but doesn’t comprehend the meaning of...

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New study shows we may be able to erase addiction memories

Jul 10, 2013 by

It sounds like the stuff of science fiction, but a new study may show that we can erase our memories of addiction. In rats, scientists deactivated a brain pathway linked to the memories that cause alcohol cravings. By avoiding...

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1 in 5 students (in 7th-12th grade) have had a TBI

Jul 6, 2013 by

The statistic is astounding: 1 in 5 students in 7th through 12th grade (in Ontario) have experienced a traumatic brain injury at some point in their life. Soccer and ice hockey accounted for more than half the injuries....

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How visual attention affects the brain

Jul 5, 2013 by

A new study demonstrates that attention increases the efficiency of signaling into the cerebral cortex and boosts the ratio of signal over noise....

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