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Books and educational toys can make a child smarter, but they also influence how the brain grows, according to new research presented here on Sunday at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience. The findings point to a "sensitive period" early in life during which the developing brain is strongly influenced by environmental factors. 
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Bestselling authors of teen literature portray their more foul-mouthed characters as rich, attractive and popular, a new study finds.
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You only have to pick up an old novel to realize that people write very differently than they did 100 years ago, or even a couple generations ago. But is it possible to quantify those differences?
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A new study shows that there are profound benefits to rereading books, re-watching movies, and generally repeating the same experiences over and over again.
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Doing puzzles and reading books have been linked with a decreased risk of Alzheimer's disease, and a new study may explain why — it reduces the accumulation of harmful proteins in the brain. Via Gina Ulery
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Using Google Books, a team at San Diego State University examined over a million books published in the United States between 1900 and 2008 to determine how frequently female pronouns appeared compared to male pronouns.
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In his new book, The Secret Life of Pronouns, psychologist James Pennebaker describes findings from his research on the relationship between natural language use, personality, and social life.
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SuperCooperators is a thought provoking book allowing you to explore a surprising area of mathematics, the maths of altruism. Articles about COOPERATION: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=cooperation
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Just imagine that you are reading a book and a QR code is printed on the page that connects you a video, connect with people mentioned on social networks, view a map of geographic place or be lead to website with more information or interactive... Via The Digital Rocking Chair
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