In an era of overt sexism in the sciences, she made two major discoveries, including identifying a neuropeptide later linked ...

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A Dartmouth study challenges the conventional view that the amygdala—the two-sided structure deep in the brain involved in emotion, learning, and decision making—is simply the brain's primitive "fear ...

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The traditional model of memory proposes that different types of long term memory are processed in separate brain modules. New research shows activation of these modules overlaps.

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Expert birdwatchers have changes in their brain structure compared with novices, which probably help them better identify ...

Human language may seem messy and inefficient compared to the ultra-compact strings of ones and zeros used by computers—but our brains actually prefer it that way. New research reveals that while ...

This rare speech motor disorder prevents effective speech planning, leaving some children persistently difficult to understand without specialist support.

A student who crashed his car and suffered concussion temporarily forgot how to speak Welsh. Ellis Pears, 19, a law student ...

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