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PNAS Study: Language Structure Arises from Balance of Clear and Effective Communication
When learning a new language, we automatically organize words into sentences that will be both clearly understood and efficient (quick) to communicate. That’s the finding of a new study reported today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) which challenges opposing theories on why and how languages come to be organized the way they are.
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Do re mi fa… How Do You Know What Comes Next?
How do you remember a song — and why is it that a beginning pianist who forgets the middle of a melody needs to start over again to recall the tune?
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What You Hear Could Depend on What Your Hands are Doing
New research links motor skills and perception, specifically as it relates to a second finding—a new understanding of what the left and right brain hemispheres “hear.” Georgetown University Medical Center researchers say these findings may eventually point to strategies to help stroke patients recover their language abilities, and to improve speech recognition in children with dyslexia.
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Art Exhibit at Georgetown Features Illustrations of Medicinal, Healing Plants
Peonies, wild ginger and the Madagascar periwinkle — these and many others plants have played a vital role in the treatment of diseases or in the promotion of healing.
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Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development Receives $17 Million Grant To Improve Child and Adolescent Mental Health Care
A Georgetown University Medical Center program that works in every state to improve the lives of children coping with mental health challenges has received a $17 million grant from Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
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First Huntington Disease Center Established in Washington, D.C. Area
Georgetown University Medical Center in collaboration with MedStar Georgetown University Hospital announce the launch of the Huntington Disease Care, Education and Research Center. With support from the Griffin Foundation, the Huntington Disease Center is the first comprehensive, multidisciplinary center to focus on treatment, patient education and research of the disease in the Washington, D.C. area.
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Georgetown Lombardi Recruits Michael B. Atkins, M.D. as Deputy Director
Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center announces that Michael B. Atkins, M.D. will join the center as its deputy director effective April 1.
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Georgetown University Medical Center Names Cancer Expert as Dean for Research
Georgetown University Medical Center has named Robert Clarke, Ph.D., D.Sc., as its Dean for Research. The new position will lead GUMC’s high performance research community and is a critical first step in the implementation of its strategic planning initiative launched in 2008.
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GUMC Awarded Grant to Develop Smoking Cessation Aids Based on Unconventional Theory of Nicotine Addiction
A Georgetown University Medical Center research team has been awarded a grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to discover and develop new smoking cessation drugs based on an unconventional theory about nicotine addiction. Kenneth Kellar, PhD, a professor of pharmacology at GUMC is principal investigator of the five year grant totaling $4.6 million.
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Georgetown University Medical Center Receives More than $28 Million in Grants From ARRA
Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) has received millions in research awards made possible by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). To date, 35 scientists and physicians representing a diverse cross-section of biomedical research at GUMC have received $28.9 million in stimulus funding. The ARRA funding program commenced in 2009 and final grants were awarded in September 2010. In addition to funding important laboratory research, ARRA grants have allowed researchers to support, new full and part time jobs, many of which are permanent.
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