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Month: May 2016

New study reveals social thinking in the infant brain

by Greg Borzo, University of Chicago News An innovative collaboration between neuroscientists and developmental psychologists that investigated how infants’ brains process other people’s actions provides the first evidence that directly links neural responses from the motor system to overt social behavior in infants. The research will be published April 12 in Psychological Science, the peer-reviewed… Read More ›

U.S. Hospitals Prepare for Penis Transplants

by Bridget M. Kuehn, JAMA Stories of service members who have lost limbs or suffered traumatic brain injuries as a result of blast injuries in Afghanistan or Iraq often make headlines, but another devastating consequence of these blasts is rarely discussed.Read More

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