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Music for the Mind: How Music Nurtures Cognitive Development

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Imagine listening to your favorite song, how it makes you feel, and the flood of memories the sounds bring with them. Music is well known for its ability to evoke… Read more
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Understanding Noonan Syndrome

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This past November the mug shot of Charles McDowell went viral after viewers noticed that the man in the photo had an unusual phenotype- specifically a larger than average neck.… Read more
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Food for Your Brain: Mediterranean Diet May Help Your Neurons Live Longer

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Historians consider it one of the ‘cradles of civilization,’ but for many scientists today the real value of the Mediterranean basin does not lie in its contribution to history. Home… Read more
Illustration of deep neural networks by Michal Roessler.
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How our Visual Neurons relate to Deep Neural Networks

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Our brain has been evolving for millions of years, ever-changing and adjusting to handle novel stimuli and conditions, looking like a bag of slimy, gooey matter folded in various ways… Read more
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Neuro Primer: Neurodevelopment

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Spanish Translation also available here: Neuro Cartilla: Neurodesarrollo ~~~ How does your brain become a brain? Neurodevelopment is the crucial process through which every brain is formed.… Read more
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When You Split the Brain, Do You Split the Person?

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he brain is perhaps the most complex machine in the Universe. It consists of two cerebral hemispheres, each with many different modules. Fortunately, all these separate parts are not autonomous… Read more
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How Humans Speak and Mice Learn: The Widespread Effects of FOXP2

Jacob Umans 6 Comments , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
rom bird songs to frog ribbits, animals engage in countless forms of vocalization. However, no other species in the animal kingdom matches humans in complexity of language. The versatility of… Read more