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  Your Brain on Fiction "New support for the value of fiction is arriving from an unexpected quarter: neuroscience". www.nytimes.com (03/17/2012) Mayim Bialik on Attachment Parenting: ‘Very Small People Have a Voice’ "The actress, neuroscientist — and, now, author — extolls the virtues of co-sleeping, extended breast-feeding and wearing baby as a bodily accessory". healthland.time.com (03/15/2012) Eye of the Giant "Soccer ball-sized eyes may help giant squid see distant predators in the deep,...

Tune Into You Picking the right music has the ability to lift your mood, suppress anxiety, heighten workouts and can even help fight depression. articles.latimes.com (03/10/2012) Vegetarian Diet Could Make You Happier And Less Stressed, Study Shows Eating a vegetarian diet could make you happier and less stressed, says an article in Nutrition Journal. www.huffingtonpost.com (03/11/2012) Deleting Nf1 Protein Quickens Relief from Depression By eliminating a certain protein it can encourage the birth...

Hunger Affects What We See When our body needs something, like food, the brain tends to open a fast track for perceiving that specific thing. www.scientificamerican.com (3/4/2012) Japanese artist creates music using brain waves Normal instruments aren’t enough for musician Maskaki Batoh, so the Japanese artist and therapist created a machine that can create sound from brain waves. news.cnet.com (3/2/2012) Beholding beauty: How it’s been studied Beauty.  We know it when we see...

Parents can forget about teaching, kids call the shots Parents fretting about brain-training their babies have been told to relax - children are like "dandelions" that will flourish almost regardless of what you do. http://www.heraldsun.com.au  02/27/2012 A whiff of rosemary gives your brain a boost Could the smell of rosemary enhance your time on a crossword puzzle? It's possible, according to a new study. http://bodyodd.msnbc.msn.com  02/25/2012 Brain Cancer Vaccine Being Tested in...

Early nurturing fosters healthy brain development A new study provides another reason why parents’ nurturing skills are crucial for children’s social and emotional development. www.modernmedicine.com (02/09/2012) Neuroscientists link brain-wave pattern to energy consumption New model of neuro-electric activity could help scientists better understand quiescent brain states such as coma. web.mit.edu (02/08/2012) Alzheimer's brain plaques 'rapidly cleared' in mice Destructive plaques found in the brains of Alzheimer's patients have been rapidly cleared by...

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Keeping brains active may help fight Alzheimer's plaque People who keep their brains active throughout life appear to have lower levels of the protein that forms brain clogging amyloid plaque. thechart.blogs.cnn.com  (01/24/2012) How brain adapts to stress Washington: Scientists have discovered a new mechanism that helps the brain adapt to stress. zeenews.india.com (01/26/2012) Stem Cell Tech May Aid Alzheimer’s Research Researchers at the University of California, San Diego have developed a technology using stem...