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Unlocking the ‘deepest secrets of our brains as we grow and age’

Shelly Fan | 
Just as our human relationships and connections can nudge, push, or dramatically shift societal values and consequences, the connections between ...
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Ancient African savanna was like a ‘chess board’, broadening the minds of early humans as they hunted for prey

Northwestern University researchers recently discovered that complex landscapes—dotted with trees, bushes, boulders and knolls—might have helped land-dwelling animals evolve higher ...
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Ignorance is bliss? Why people prefer to remain unaware of potentially unpleasant but useful information

Francesca Gino | 
A study of more than 2,000 people in Germany and Spain by Gerd Gigerenzer of the Max Planck Institute for ...
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30 years later in Romania: What happened to the babies deprived of human contact?

Melissa Fay Greene | 
In 1990, the outside world discovered [Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu’s] network of “child gulags,” in which an estimated 170,000 abandoned ...
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Certain autism behaviors and seizures might have a common origins

Peter Hess | 
Early behavioral signs predict seizures in autistic children, according to a new study. Previous work has shown that 5 to ...
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Exercise may benefit your brain more than any other part of your body

Siw Ellen Jakobsen | 
The Norwegian Directorate of Health recommends that people exercise at moderate intensity a total of 2.5 hours each week – ...
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People with PTSD may have trouble suppressing memories—good and bad

Jef Akst | 
One question the researchers want to explore through the lens of the [November 13, 2015] Paris attacks is why some ...
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What physicists get wrong about free will

George Ellis | 
It might seem that everything that’s happening at the higher, ‘emergent’ levels should be uniquely determined by the physics operating ...
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Stimulating brain waves prompts immune cells to fight against Alzheimer’s disease

Douglas Fields | 
Discoveries that transcend boundaries are among the greatest delights of scientific research, but such leaps are often overlooked because they ...
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‘Bioelectric memory patch’ promises to boost short-term memory. Could it really work?

Diana Kwon | 
What if you could boost your brain’s processing capabilities simply by sticking electrodes onto your head and flipping a switch? ...
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Treasure hunting: Traveling to new locations allows the brain to seek ‘rewards’

We are free to wander but usually when we go somewhere it’s for a reason. In a new study, researchers ...
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Brain’s ‘ready-to-encode’ mode helps us create memories

Inga Kiderra, Kimberlee D’Ardenne | 
What happens in the hippocampus even before people attempt to form memories may impact whether they remember. A new study ...
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Infographic: How our brains keep track of time

Catherine Offord | 
It’s unclear how the brain keeps track of the timing of events within a memory. One theory posits that, as ...
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Explaining near-death experiences and why they aren’t always ‘blissful’

Christof Koch | 
Near-death experiences, or NDEs, are triggered during singular life-threatening episodes when the body is injured by blunt trauma, a heart ...
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‘The Idea of the Brain’: Pinpointing the storage location for our memories

Matthew Cobb | 
For centuries, scientists have been arguing about where memory resides in the brain. I explore the fascinating history of this ...
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The human brain may not be such a great model for designing artificial intelligence

Kelly Clancy | 
[M]ost artificial neural networks are decidedly un-brainlike, in part because they learn using mathematical tricks that would be difficult, if ...
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Seeking a big break: How ‘brain-on-a-chip’ devices are revolutionizing brain disorder research

Sam Moxon | 
How do we pick apart an organ as complex as the brain and gain a better understanding of what goes ...
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Understanding brain states: How your mind functions when tired, versus wired on caffeine

Samantha Debes | 
Ever wonder what happens in your brain to make the switch between down-and-out tired, and borderline over-caffeinated? As it turns ...
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Autistic children struggle with emotional control. It’s even harder for girls, study says

Peter Hess | 
Emotion control eludes more girls than boys with autism, according to a new study of young people hospitalized for psychiatric ...
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Do you miss or spot Hollywood movie ‘continuity errors’? Here’s how ‘change blindness’ works

Ellen Airhart | 
Gaze at the top image of Ben Franklin’s famous kite study. Now, the one below it. See the changes? You ...
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Challenging evolutionary psychology: Philosopher attacks the field’s underlying scientific foundation

Ryan Mandelbaum | 
It’s not often that a paper attempts to take down an entire field. Yet, this past January, that’s precisely what ...
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Drinking and smoking ‘of any level’ while pregnant may harm baby’s development, study says

Kristen Rogers | 
If you're stressed or wanting to enjoy virtual happy hour with friends while pregnant, having a glass of wine every ...
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‘This is what it feels like to be normal’: Experimental stem cell treatment shows promise against Parkinson’s

Sharon Begley | 
[Researchers planned] to carry out an experimental transplant surgery unprecedented in the annals of medicine: replacing the dysfunctional brain cells ...
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Zapping the brain with electrical pulses allows blind patients to ‘see’ letters

Nicoletta Lanese | 
Scientists sent patterns of electricity coursing across people’s brains, coaxing their brains to see letters that weren’t there. The experiment ...
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How do dogs focus on key odors, while tuning out the rest?

Brian Stallard | 
“The question that we sought out to study here is, ‘how does [a] dog suppress this uninformative signal [such as] ...
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False memories: Why marijuana users may not be the best eye witnesses

Amy Schleunes | 
When Lilian Kloft stumbled across a 2015 study showing a connection between cannabis use and susceptibility to false memories, she ...
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Does smoking pot lower your IQ? New study challenges current thinking

Godfrey Pearlson | 
As access to marijuana increases—and while acceptance of the drug grows and perception of its harmfulness diminishes—it is important to ...
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