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Baby’s Gaze May Signal Autism, a Study Finds
January 6, 2014
When and how long a baby looks at other people’s eyes offers the earliest behavioral sign to date of whether a child is likely to develop autism, scientists are reporting. Read More »
Video Games Make Your Brain Bigger, Study Says
January 6, 2014
Those addictive video games that keep players glued to the screen may actually do the brain some good — or one of them does, anyway. A new study from the journal Molecular Psychiatry digs into the effect of video game play on the volume of the brain’s gray matter — the tissue responsible for muscle control, memory, language and sensory perception. Read More »
Babies Can Learn Music in the Womb
January 2, 2014
A new study published online by the PLOS One suggests that babies can learn a melody they hear while still in the womb, and recognize it after they are born. Read More »
Tech Thursday: Shadow Puppet Lets You Create Helpful Tutorial Videos on Your iPhone
November 7, 2013
Sometimes an explanation requires more than just words. A new iPhone app called Shadow Puppet lets users generate narrated tutorial videos or photo slideshows straight from their phone. Read More »