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Along with the dolphins had come the merfolk of the open ocean, the neriads, the tritons, the hippocampuses, all of whom (whatever they had been in the past) were now creatures of pure spirit to be seen only by those who had the special sight to do so.
The Serpent's Shadow Lackey, Mercedes 2001
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She scanned the brains of taxi drivers who had memorised the streets of London and found the backs of their hippocampuses were larger than average.
The Guardian World News Ian Sample 2011
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Brain scans showed that the executives' hippocampuses had shrunk to the size of those of elderly people suffering from dementia.
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Previous research suggests that cytokines - immune system signalling molecules - block the birth of new neurons in the hippocampuses of stressed and depressed people, an effect that might underlie some of the symptoms of depression, such as memory loss.
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Scientists also knew that new neurons continue to form in the hippocampuses of adults, even into old age.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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Scientists also knew that new neurons continue to form in the hippocampuses of adults, even into old age.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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Again, in trials where the volunteers 'hippocampuses were more active when the scene cue was flashed up, they spent more time looking at the correct face while trying and failing to consciously identify it.
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There was a recent study that showed London cab drivers have unusually large hippocampuses and some characteristic brain activity, and this got me thinking about something I've been pondering for a while.
Fedora People 2008
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Black cab drivers, it emerges, have larger hippocampuses than the rest of us.
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Black cab drivers, it emerges, have larger hippocampuses than the rest of us.
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