Riddle me this: how can it be that reading these words activates nearly identical word-sensitive patches of the brain’s visual system in you and nearly every other reader of this story? And that a different set of face-sensitive visual regions-again in almost identical positions in each reader’s brain-would activate to process the faces of the researchers, should you meet them?
House passes slimmed-down spending bill to keep government open
WASHINGTON — In Congress, end-of-year government spending packages adorned with numerous other priorities attached are called “Christmas tree” bills. This year, the health care policy