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EEG machines can monitor the brainwaves of extremely premature babies

Mini-brains grown in a lab show neural activity like preterm babies

29 August 2019

Miniature brains grown in a lab show remarkably similar activity to preterm babies’ brain, dispelling the idea that brains need to develop in a womb to function
Weird illusion makes you think fabric is moving faster than it is

Weird illusion makes you think fabric is moving faster than it is

27 August 2019

Your skin is terrible at judging how fast different textured materials are moving, highlighting a strange quirk in how the brain encodes touch

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