gray matter
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Haier’s studies also demonstrated how Tetris can affect the plasticity of cortical gray matter, potentially enhancing a person’s memory capacity and promoting motor and cognitive development.
From New York Times
The new mothers had widespread gray matter volume increases, not decreases, in brain regions that are associated with empathy, social cognition, and the ability to multitask.
From Salon
Speaking of which: Protect your own gray matter and stay far, far away from La Tolqa.
From Washington Post
Bernard-Henri Lévy, France’s most famous public intellectual, also appears intent on not devoting any gray matter to the series.
From New York Times
The soft tissue that made up dinosaurs’ gray matter rotted away eons ago.
From Washington Post
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