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Putting a face on hallucinations aids symptoms of schizophrenia

Interacting with a digital representation of a hallucinated voice can reduce the power it has over people with schizophrenia, and the distress it causes

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Huge dose of brain chemical dopamine may have made us smart

Humans

Huge dose of brain chemical dopamine may have made us smart

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Humans

What makes you a psychopath or an extreme altruist?

Culture

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Humans

Grand delusions: Why we all believe the weirdest things

Features

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Health

How social stress makes your brain vulnerable to depression

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Health

Brain implant boosts human memory by mimicking how we learn

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Humans

How YouTube Kids can solve its Peppa Pig cannibalism problem

Comment

Sheep learn to recognise celebrity faces from different angles

Life

Sheep learn to recognise celebrity faces from different angles

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Louis Theroux and women with aneroxia

Health

Anorexia films and documentaries must avoid being voyeuristic

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Health

People with face blindness are missing a ‘hub’ in their brains

People who can’t recognise faces have massive differences in how their brains are connected, which could be identified early in life to help kids circumvent the disorder

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Humans

UK’s plan to tackle ‘crack cocaine’ of gambling lacks evidence

Analysis

Humans

Chill factors: The everyday things that make us see ghosts

Features

Health

Brain-zap therapy may throw people with depression into a rage

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Technology

Gaming addiction probably isn’t a real condition, study suggests

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