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Brain Awareness Week is Coming
From The Dana Foundation: March 14-20, 2011 is Brain Awareness Week. Join the global campaign to increase public awareness of the progress and benefits of brain research. Become a partner and plan an event or find an event in y...
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Fear in Love: Attachment, Abuse, and the Developing Brain
From: The Dana Foundation Editor’s note: Why do abused children attach and remain attached to abusive parents? In this article, Dr. Regina Sullivan explains how her research with rat pups has led to greater understanding of t...
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The Default Network: Your Mind, on Its Own Time
From The Dana Foundation: Studies about the brain usually focus on neural activity during the completion of a specific task—remembering a series of words, for example. But over the last 20 years, researchers have been interes...
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Seizing an Opportunity: Broader Definitions of Epilepsy May Lead to Better Treatments
From The Dana Foundation: There is not just one type of epilepsy. While some forms of the disease are characterized by convulsive seizures, others involve seizures that are barely noticeable. Seizures can occur for many reasons...