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Pursuing literary immortality illuminates how the mind works, researcher finds

The initial excitement of hearing a new song fades as it's replayed to death. That's because the brain naturally functions as a kind of ticking time bomb, obliterating the thrill for artistic sounds, images and words by making ...

Neuroscience created Dec 13, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast