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Human retinas grown in a dish explain how color vision develops
Biologists at Johns Hopkins University grew human retinas from scratch
Read moreSmiling doesn’t necessarily mean you’re happy
Smiling does not necessarily indicate that we are happy, according
Read moreResearchers find a neural ‘auto-correct’ feature we use to process ambiguous sounds
Our brains have an “auto-correct” feature that we deploy when
Read moreThat stinks! One American in 15 smells odors that aren’t there: Prevalence of phantom odor perception
Imagine the foul smell of an ash tray or burning
Read moreAge and education affect job changes
New research reveals that people are more likely to change
Read moreTraining in musical improvisation may teach your brain to think differently: Skilled improvisers detect easy-to-substitute chords faster than non-improvisers, says study
John Coltrane and Jerry Garcia became improvising legends for their
Read moreSmall talk not as bad as previously thought
People who engage in more substantive conversations tend to be
Read morePeople who deeply grasp pain or happiness of others, process music differently in brain: Higher empathy people appear to process music like a pleasurable proxy for a human encounter — in the brain regions for reward, social awareness and regulation of social emotions
People with higher empathy differ from others in the way
Read moreNormal eye dominance is not necessary for restoring visual acuity in amblyopia: Research shows eye dominance and visual acuity are governed by separate areas of the brain
Amblyopia, commonly known as “lazy eye,” is a visual disorder
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