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Amputees control avatar by imagining moving their missing limbs

Even after losing a limb, brain activity associated with imagined movements can be read by an fMRI brain scanner and used to control a computer character

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Parkinson's

Health

Best evidence yet that Parkinson's could be autoimmune disease

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The cytomegalovirus Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV5)

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Anxiety drug may prevent common virus that causes birth defects

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Brain scan of person with Parkinson's

Health

Pig brain cells implanted into brains of people with Parkinson’s

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Fetuses turn to follow face-like shapes while in the womb

Life

Fetuses turn to follow face-like shapes while in the womb

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Theatre takes a technological leap to probe the nature of memory

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Theatre takes a technological leap to probe the nature of memory

Culture

A scan of the brain

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Baby brain scans can predict who is likely to develop autism

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Humans

Brain images display the beauty and complexity of consciousness

Regulars

A pregnant woman with a large glass of red wine

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Drinking small amounts while pregnant may affect the baby’s face

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A man at a crossroads

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Drug that boosts confidence in your own actions may help OCD

Are you sure you locked the front door this morning? Sometimes it can be hard to judge your own behaviour, but a drug that blocks noradrenaline seems to help

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Humans

Photos of human faces reassembled from monkeys’ brain signals

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Could cannabis help crack cocaine addicts kick the habit?

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Humans

Your Brain Is a Time Machine: Why we need to talk about time

Culture

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Is ADHD a sleep disorder? Stimulant drug improves symptoms

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