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Fruit flies with Restless Legs Syndrome point to a genetic cause

When flies are made to lose a gene with links to Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS), they suffer the same sleep disturbances and restlessness that human patients do. The findings reported online on May 31 in Current Biology strong ...

Genetics created May 31, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Extended synaptic development may explain our cognitive edge over other primates

Over the first few years of life, human cognition continues to develop, soaking up information and experiences from the environment and far surpassing the abilities of even our nearest primate relatives. In a study published ...

Genetics created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Why has synesthesia survived evolution?

In the 19th century, Francis Galton noted that certain people who were otherwise normal "saw" every number or letter tinged with a particular color, even though it was written in black ink. For the past two decades researchers ...

Neuroscience created Nov 22, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0