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Face Blindness study sheds light on typical brain function

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Neurons can carry more than one signal at a time

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How looking at the big picture can lead to better decisions

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NSF selects Arthur Lupia to head Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Directorate

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Visual perceptual skills are updated by process similar to memory reconsolidation, study finds

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New research draws a map for brain response to touch in young babies: Lips play a central role

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First dogs in the Americas arrived from Siberia, disappeared after European contact

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New insights on insight in the brain

Discovery

Lemurs can smell weakness in each other

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Fossils show ancient primates had grooming claws as well as nails

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Left, right and center: mapping emotion in the brain

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UW study shows how instruction changes brain circuitry in struggling readers

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Statement on National Academies sexual harassment study

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Fathers' early parenting quality affected by mothers

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Wars and clan structure may explain a strange biological event 7,000 years ago

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Helping stroke survivors walk as normally as possible

Science Nation

Study sheds light on how 'dopamine neurons' contribute to memory formation in humans

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How does the brain learn categorization for sounds? The same way it does for images

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Developmental psychologist receives 2018 Alan T. Waterman Award

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NSF announces 2018 winners for Generation Nano: Superheroes Inspired by Science

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Women’s History Month: The science of broadening participation of women in STEM

Discovery

Researchers investigate riverbank erosion, human adaptation, and coastal resilience

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Smart cities and communities conference features NSF-funded researchers working with local community partners

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Humans thrived in South Africa through the Toba super-volcanic eruption

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NSF support helps advance research in geography and spatial science

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They grin, you bear it -- research reveals physical impact of a smile

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WSU researchers extract nicotine from ancient dental plaque for the first time

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Reach out and feed someone: Automated system finds rapid honeybee communication networks

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Nearly imperceptible fluctuations in movement correspond to autism diagnoses

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