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Brain 'irrelevance filter' found.
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9-29-2009 6:23 PM
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padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7132829.stm">Brain 'irrelevance filter' found </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7132829.stm">Scientists believe they have located a new brain area essential for good memory - the "irrelevance filter". </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7132829.stm"><IMG width="203" vspace="0" hspace="0" height="152" border="0" alt="brain activity" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44287000/jpg/_44287245_brainactivitysplcred.jpg" /> <DIV class="cap">Memory capacity may be linked to filtering out irrelevant information</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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