This process made room for the larger brains in H. sapiens without remodeling many facial and cranial traits from H. erectus, in his view. In the study, mirrors were placed in the dolphins' pools at the aquarium. In the study, mirrors were placed in the dolphins pools at the aquarium. Scientists are finding out-and discovering how the brain interprets these signals as various tastes David V. Smith and Robert F. Margolskee . The rats in the MIT study were hooked up to a device that measured the pattern of neurons firing in the hippocampus, an area of the brain known to be involved in memory.
Scientists have yet to discover how the eagles are contracting it.
Avian vacuolar myelinopathy, or VM, causes lesions in the white matter of the brain and spinal cord of affected birds, according to the Avian Vacuolar Myelinopathy Interagency Web site. It might not seem like being able to tell a cat from a dog is an important skill, but researchers said Thursday they had found monkeys have brain cells specifically assigned to the task and people may, too. Young children and developing fetuses absorb lead more readily than adults. Lead exposure can damage the brain and central nervous system, slow growth and cause learning problems. Dr. Nicole Bruinsma of the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment said pesticides can affect brain and neuro-development of children and can block or mimic natural hormones.