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One person not following the herd

Mind

We can train ourselves to be better at knowing when we are wrong

Humans have an awareness of the limitations of our knowledge – and we can get better at judging when we might be making a mistake

News

laughing baby

Humans

The Neuroscience of Emotion: time to take our emotions very seriously

Culture

A man being handed ayahuasca

Mind

Why taking ayahuasca is like having a near-death experience

News

Boy’s brain works just fine after a large piece was removed

Health

Boy’s brain works just fine after a large piece was removed

News

Dopamine levels in our brains affect the risks we’re happy to take

Health

Dopamine levels in our brains affect the risks we’re happy to take

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Gerbils

Health

Ear implant lets deaf gerbils sense sound from light signals

News

Quantum dots in brain could treat Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases

Health

Quantum dots in brain could treat Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases

News

Psychedelics may help your brain cells form new connections

Health

Psychedelics may help your brain cells form new connections

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Seals only sleep with half their brain when they're out at sea

Life

Seals only sleep with half their brain when they're out at sea

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A brain

Humans

People with big brains have a different brain structure too

If you have a large brain, certain regions are much bigger than expected and others are smaller – but we don’t know how this affects brain function yet

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Life

How a frog’s eye robbed us of a genius’s AI masterwork

Features

Health

Brain implant for OCD surprisingly helps alleviate diabetes too

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Humans

Aha! What happens in your brain when you have a lightbulb moment

News

Humans

The woman who laughs uncontrollably when others get tickled

News

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