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Our braininess may have evolved thanks to less sticky neurons

Our braininess may have evolved thanks to less sticky neurons

4 October 2017

We don’t know much about the genetic evolution of the human brain. Now experiments suggest genes involved in cell stickiness may have given our brain its folds
We've finally seen how the sleeping brain stores memories

We've finally seen how the sleeping brain stores memories

4 October 2017

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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