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Nov 02, 2014
Link seen between seizures and migraines in the brain
Seizures and migraines have always been considered separate physiological events in the brain, but now a team of engineers and neuroscientists looking at the brain from a physics viewpoint discovered a link between these and related phenomena.
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Oct 16, 2014
Computer game could help adolescents with autism improve their social skills
Penn State researchers including Suzy Scherf are leveraging their collective expertise to design a computer game that could help adolescents with autism improve their social skills.
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Oct 16, 2014
Research shows alcohol consumption influenced by genes
How people perceive and taste alcohol depends on genetic factors, and that influences whether they "like" and consume alcoholic beverages, according to researchers -- including John Hayes -- in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.
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Jul 24, 2014
Test - Can fish feel pain?
On BBC's Newsnight, Victoria Braithwaite discusses science, business, and ethics in commercial fish harvesting.
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Jun 12, 2014
Can fish feel pain?
On BBC's Newsnight, Victoria Braithwaite discusses science, business, and ethics in commercial fish harvesting.
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Nov 07, 2013
Male lizards prefer more-feminine lizards to "bearded ladies," new research finds
Which females do male lizards find to be the sexiest? Huck Institutes affiliate Tracy Langkilde and Lindsey Swierk, a graduate student in Langkilde's lab, tackle this question by examining the mating behavior and blue-color patterns of fence lizards in Arkansas, Alabama, and Mississippi.
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Aug 27, 2013
Huck Institutes affiliate receives Early Career Award
From the Human Behavior and Evolution Society, David Puts has received the 2013 Early Career Award for Distinguished Scientific Contribution, which "recognizes excellent young scientists who have made distinguished theoretical and/or empirical contributions to the study of evolution and human behavior."
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Aug 20, 2013
Not all memories fade with age
Huck Institutes affiliate Nancy Dennis finds that changes in brain activity compensate for some types of normal decline in our ability to remember.
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Aug 19, 2013
Ping Li featured in Psychology Today
Neuroscience research by Huck Institutes affiliate Ping Li is featured in an article entitled "The Bilingual Brain."
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Aug 06, 2013
Gong Chen selected as holder of the Verne M. Willaman Chair in the Life Sciences
Gong Chen, a professor of biology at Penn State, has been appointed as Holder of the Verne M. Willaman Chair in the Life Sciences effective July 1, 2013 in recognition of his national and international reputation for excellence in research and teaching.
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