Topic: Cognitive Science

Study: Babies Are Lip-Readers First

Babies don't learn to talk just from hearing sounds. New research suggests they're lip-readers too. . It happens during that magical stage when a ...
By Nick Collins, Science Correspondent. 9:00AM GMT 28 Jan 2012. Comments . . A well-known idea called the "Proustian phenomenon" proposes that...

Older people taking up new instruments

Share . When Jon Dye was in his 20s, he sang in bands and played a little guitar.. . Then he grew up, got married, had kids and now runs his own...

Autism detected in infants

Signs of autism can be detected in six-month-old babies by measuring brain activity,” the Daily Mail has reported. While the Mail was correct, the ...

Possible New Treatment for Rett Syndrome

Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have discovered that a molecule critical to the development and plasticity of nerve cells -...
Measuring brain activity in infants as young as six months may help to predict the future development of autism symptoms.. See Also: Reference...
Memories in our brains are maintained by connections between neurons called "synapses". But how do these synapses stay strong and keep memories...
Researchers have developed what they believe to be the first clinical application of a new imaging technique to diagnose brain tumors. The unique...
(Medical Xpress) -- In a 2007 episode of the television show Boston Legal, a character claimed to have figured out that a cop was racist because...
Researchers have found a new gene that, when mutated, can lead to lymphoedema (swollen limbs) as part of a rare disorder that can also cause...