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Brain

All of us end up fumbling for the right word at some time -- often ends with, "Ah, another senior moment," says Yahoo News.

"Researchers at Rice University in Houston have just discovered that there is a particular part of the brain that guides us when choosing words," suggests that article. "On an MRI brain scan, the left temporal cortex and the LIGF, an area that encompasses Broca's area, which is known for speech production, light up when people are trying to choose between two words. The researchers were also able to pinpoint those two areas as the spots for word choice when testing subjects with brain damage."

Also -- "turns out that monkeys can identify calls from individual troop mates, that is, they "know" each others' voices, and they use this information selectively. And the grunts, calls, and screams of primates carry more information than the emotional reaction of fear or contentment. In other words, they have words, of a sort."

Now if I could gather all the right words when I sit down and write that bestselling novel -- I'd be set.

Source: Yahoo News