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News & Views: When the brain scrambles names, it’s because you love them
Posted on February 6, 2017 by Katherine Malanson | Categories: ND Unit1, Neurological Disorders | | Add comment |

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If your mom had to run through the name of everyone in the family, including the dog, before hitting yours, it’s probably because you’re all in a mental folder labeled “loved ones.” The findings of the scientific study were published in the journal Memory & Cognition.

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