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52 Brain Facts 

Myth or Fact? Neurons can be genetically engineered to come in all colors of the rainbow.

June 13, 2016June 30, 2017 knowingneurons 2 Comments 52 Brain Facts, Animal, Blue, Brain, Brainbow, connectome, Cool, Engineer, Engineering, Fact, Fluorescent, gene, genetic, Green, Image, Mice, Modification, Modified, Mouse, Rainbow, Red
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Brain Development Did You Know? Learning and Memory 

What Can Songbirds Teach Us About Ourselves?

August 7, 2013March 5, 2017 knowingneurons 2 Comments Animal, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Babble, Cntnap2, FoxP2, Genes and vocal learning, Learning and Memory, Model, Neurogenetics, Sing, Song Nuclei, Songbird, Speak, Speech, Vocal Learning, Zebra Finch
In my last post, “Vocal Practice is for the Birds” examined one similarity between human and songbird procedural learning: the necessity for practice before performance. Zebra finches sing a series… Read more

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