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What Makes a Brain “Speech Ready?”

Can monkeys talk? According to new research, they could, if their brains would let them.
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Fear and Your Brain

Researchers at Cambridge studied how peoples' brains respond to fear.
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The Brain’s Memory Back-Up Plan

Neuroscientists have discovered how memory is stored–and backed up–in the brain.
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Your Brain on Retirement

How you spend your retirement might be the key to preserving the mind.
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In Pain? Don’t Worry, It’s Literally in Your Mind

A look at the research in mind/body science and pain.
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Nobel Prize Awarded for Research Related to “Internal GPS”

The 2014 Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded to three scientists whose work focused on the brain's "internal GPS."