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After Learning New Words, Brain Sees Them as Pictures

When we look at a known word, our brain sees it like a picture, not a group of letters needing to be processed. That's the finding from a Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) study published in the Journal of Neuroscience, which shows the brain learns words quickly by tuning neurons to respond to a complete [...]

By |2015-06-21T14:22:18+10:00June 21st, 2015|Categories: Science & Research|Tags: , , , , , , |1 Comment

What Is Snapchat and Why Do Kids Love It and Parents Fear It?

You may have heard about Snapchat, the mobile app that allows users to capture videos and pictures that self destruct after a few seconds.  When a user sends a message they get to decide whether it will live for between 1 and 10 seconds. After that it’s history, probably. via What Is Snapchat and Why [...]

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