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  • March 2008

    • Why Girls Are Better at Language

      Scientific American  |  Mar 6, 08 11:12 AM CST

      Why Girls Are Better at Language

      (Newser) - Study after study has found that girls have better language skills than boys, and scientists now think they've found a biological reason why, Scientific American reports. Researchers discovered that girls showed more activity in the language part of their brains, which deciphers abstract encoding, than boys. The boys had more activity in the regions of the brain linked to auditory and visual function. More »

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      children  • education  • research  • language  • neurology  • neuroscience  • fMRI

    • Mind-Reading Edges Closer to Reality

      Independent (UK)  |  Mar 6, 08 3:30 AM CST

      Mind-Reading Edges Closer to Reality

      (Newser) - Mind-reading has taken a step toward possibility with a new computer that can decode brain activity to determine what a person is looking at with up to 90% accuracy, the Independent reports. With improvements, the technology could be able to reconstruct any image a person could conjure up—and someday, their very thoughts and dreams, said the lead researcher of the experiments detailed in the journal Nature . More »

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      research  • brain  • neurology  • neuroscience  • mind  • fMRI  • neuroimaging

  • January 2008

    • Study Finds No Evidence of ESP

      Boston Globe  |  Jan 14, 08 3:55 PM CST

      Study Finds No Evidence of ESP

      (Newser) - You might have had a feeling, but ESP is not real—at least according to two Harvard researchers who used brain-scanning technology to investigate the existence of extrasensory perception. The brain registers familiar images differently than new ones, but researchers found no difference in activity when subjects processed images "sent" from another room, the Boston Globe reports. More »

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