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Research shows babies can remember people they met only once

What is your earliest memory? Do you remember being five years old, being a toddler, being a baby? Do you remember what it was like in the womb? Chances are you might remember something from when you were around five years old, whereas the earlier years of your life are most likely a blur, if you remember anything at all. Yet the early years of our lives are when we learn all the basics for the rest of our lives. We learn to crawl, to walk, to talk, to recognise people and situations, to differentiate cats from dogs and other animals, to play with other children and navigate playground politics, to understand that fire is hot, that we need to be cautious around strangers, that we need to look both ways before crossing the street... We learn almost everything we need to know to live and survive the rest of our lives yet when we're older we usually can't remember learning many of these things. playground slide Which leads me to wonder, how exactly does a baby's brain...

Autism Speaks - New formula devised to improve accuracy of early screening for autism

Study Provides ‘Formula’ for Predicting Effects of Autism-linked Genes As the Autism Speaks website reported yesterday (25 May 2014), a new study provides insight into possible genetic reasons for autism. The study, published by Nature Genetics , "provides new insights into the unique ways genetic risk factors for autism are expressed in the brain,” according to Autism Speak's chief science officer Robert Ring. “This knowledge helps to lay the foundation for turning genetic discoveries into diagnostic tests that will detect autism earlier, and opens the door to the future personalization of medical or behavioral interventions in autism.” Source : Study Provides ‘Formula’ for Predicting Effects of Autism-linked Genes , Autism Speaks

Judging based on appearance : Sad but True

Sad but true. Both men and women the world over label and judge others based on how they look, what they wear and how they choose to express themselves.  A recently published study by the Brazilian Institute for Applied Economics ( IPEA ) shows that a stunning 65% of respondents found that a woman who dressed provocatively deserved to be attacked or raped .  "Earlier this week, a study was released that said a startling 65.1 percent of Brazilians either partially or wholly believe that "if dressed provocatively, women deserve to be attacked and raped." In addition, the study revealed a 58.5 percent complacency with the belief that "if women knew how to behave, there would be less rape." ~ Huffington Post

Gadgets you can control using just our brain

Hongkiat presents an article entitled 8 Mind-blowing Gadgets You Can Control Just With Your Brain. I hope y'all enjoy the article because I know I have! Who know such amazing gadgets even existed! The article aims to: "... Bring to your awareness 10 existing gadgets that allow your brain to command and complete real-life tasks, including using your iPhone and moving virtual characters in-game." -- Hongkiat.com

Harvard creates brain-to-brain interface, allows humans to control other animals with thoughts alone

To people who lived only a few hundred years ago, things we take for granted today like electricity, cars, cellphones and computers would have seemed like magic or the work of gods and demons. In the same way, things that we currently don't know, can't explain or attribute to otherworldly sources may be common knowledge or easily explained by science only a hundred or two hundred years from now. I hope today's article sparks your curiosity - and opens your mind! "Researchers at Harvard University have created the first noninvasive brain-to-brain interface (BBI) between a human… and a rat. Simply by thinking the appropriate thought, the BBI allows the human to control the rat’s tail. This is one of the most important steps towards BBIs that allow for telepathic links between two or more humans ..." -- Article Source: Extreme Tech

Use your brain!

Saw this on Grammarly's Facebook page just now and simply HAD TO share!