brain development
May 19 2007, Kalpana

U.S. scientists claim that majority of human brain development occurs at the age of 11 or 12.

The project is funded by National Institutes of Health. In the project nearly 500 newborn kids were monitored until they become teenagers. Regular MRI...

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