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June 09, 2006

2006-06-09 Spike activity:

Quick links from the past week in mind and brain news:

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The Nobel Prize website has an online game to illustrate Roger Sperry's work on split-brain patients - with Mr Split-Brainy!

Brian Ethics has a cutting-edge update on the science of genetic influences on mind and brain.

American Scientist talks to neuroscientist Eric Kandel about his current reads and favourite books.

The synaesthesia-like links between taste and smell are investigated by Cognitive Daily's faultless account of a recent scientific study.

New campaign video for wonder drug Panexa hits the net.

Ultra-sensitive material may pave the way for remote human touch technology.

The increasingly compulsive Developing Intelligence tags up a series of recent posts on neuroscience and transhumanism.

The brain's left caudate may mediate the switch between language in bilingual speakers, reports Science.

Vaughan.

Posted at June 9, 2006 08:00 AM

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