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Brain gain: Early stimulation gives mice life-long benefits – Yahoo News Australia

Mice that grow up in stimulating environments not only become smarter and more curious but are also more likely to develop individualized “personalities,” a new study showed Wednesday.

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Mice that grow up in stimulating environments not only become smarter and more curious but are also more likely to develop individualized “personalities,” a new study showed Wednesday.
These behavioral differences become imprinted on their genomes and remain even when the rodents are put back in standard cages, indicating that early-life experiences can have long-lasting benefits to their brains.
Gerd Kempermann, a professor at the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) Dresden, t…

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