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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…
December 11, 2013
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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?…
December 11, 2013
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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 “.…
December 11, 2013
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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.…
December 11, 2013
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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…
November 27, 2013
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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.…
November 26, 2013
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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.…
November 26, 2013
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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…
November 26, 2013
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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…
November 26, 2013
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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…
November 26, 2013