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We've finally seen how the sleeping brain stores memories

Health

We've finally seen how the sleeping brain stores memories

For the first time, scans of sleeping people have shown how memories are moved in the brain, and suggest that the first hours of shut-eye are key for memory

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Humans

The brain's 7D sandcastles could be the key to consciousness

Features

Coloured three-dimensional magnetic resonance angiogram (MRA) scan showing a human brain after a stroke

Health

See-through brains reveal how stroke damages vital blood vessels

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Health

Electric zap ‘wakes’ man after 15 years in a vegetative state

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Health

Meet the team who 'woke' a man from 15 years in vegetative state

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Humans

Brain farts: 9 ways your brain can make you feel stupid

Features

Winter fight of two Striped Field Mice (Apodemus agrarius) in the snow. Moscow park, Russia.

Life

Sex and aggression linked in male mouse brains but not in female

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A centre in France for people with visual impairment

Health

Blind people repurpose the brain's visual areas for language

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Health

Third-hand smoke in furniture and clothes damages mouse organs

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Technology

AI spots Alzheimer’s brain changes years before symptoms emerge

A machine-learning algorithm that examines MRI scans can identify alterations in how different regions of the brain are connected that indicate future disease

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Health

Lost in meditation: Two books argue over mindfulness

Culture

Health

I found a way to communicate with people trapped in their bodies

Features

Humans

Five ways technology can read your mind – and what it’s good for

Features

Life

Rat brains seen replaying scary memories as they sleep

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