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Loud and lazy but didn't chew gum: Ancient koalas

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

Dec 19, 2009 | 4.8 / 5 (4) | 0

Skull fragments of prehistoric koalas from the Riversleigh rainforests of millions of year ago suggest they shared the modern koala's "lazy" lifestyle and ability to produce loud "bellowing" calls to attract mates and provide ...

Color my numbers

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

Dec 17, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

For as many as 1 in 20 people, everyday experiences can elicit extra-ordinary associated sensations. The condition is known as synaesthesia and the most common form involves "seeing" colours when reading words and numbers. ...

Learning styles debunked

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

Dec 16, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (13) | 3

Are you a verbal learner or a visual learner? Chances are, you've pegged yourself or your children as either one or the other and rely on study techniques that suit your individual learning needs. And you're not alone— for ...

How do we understand written language?

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

Dec 16, 2009 | 4 / 5 (4) | 1

How do we know that certain combinations of letters have certain meanings? Reading and spelling are complex processes, involving several different areas of the brain, but researchers from Johns Hopkins University in the ...

Device connected to tongue designed to help blind perceive images

Technology / Hi Tech

Dec 15, 2009 | 4.6 / 5 (5) | 0

An experimental device that uses the tongue instead of the eyes to "see" could be on the market next year, and a blind Fresno, Calif., teen hopes to be among the first to take one home.

Sign language puzzle solved

Technology / Computer Sciences

Dec 15, 2009 | 4.7 / 5 (15) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have known for 40 years that even though it takes longer to use sign language to sign individual words, sentences can be signed, on average, in the same time it takes to say them, ...

People who 'see' numbers have better memories for dates

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

Dec 15, 2009 | 5 / 5 (6) | 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new research project has shown that people who perceive numbers visually, and who see sequences of numbers as visual patterns, have better memories for dates and events in the past than ...

The Queen and I: How autistic brain distinguishes oneself from others

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

Dec 14, 2009 | 4.6 / 5 (7) | 0

Scientists at the University of Cambridge have discovered that the brains of individuals with autism are less active when engaged in self-reflective thought. The study published today in the journal Brain provid ...

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