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Is reading always better for your brain than listening to audiobooks?

Reading books and listening to audiobooks tap into different elements of cognition, each with their own benefits. So which one should you choose, and when?

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Where you store fat may influence the effect it has on your brain

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What’s the secret to living well beyond the average life expectancy?

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What’s the secret to living well beyond the average life expectancy?

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Tiny structure in the brain could be driving how much you eat

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L-theanine: Can a compound in tea lower anxiety and help you focus?

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A map of a mouse's brain showing 75,000 neurons

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First map of mammal brain activity may have shown intuition in action

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The futuristic new tech that could bridge broken nerves and mend minds

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A figure walks a tightrope between two brains, one of which is ordered, one chaotic

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The crucial role of chaos in our brain’s most extraordinary functions

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Just one dose of psilocybin seems to be enough to rewire the brain

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Trial participant Emily Wheldon with one of the researchers as she practiced attempting to move the lost fingers from her amputated arm before going into an MRI scanner

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Our brain doesn't actually reorganise itself after an amputation

Previous research in macaques suggests that part of the brain reorganises itself when a limb is removed, but now a study in people has turned that idea on its head

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A new angle on brain health could bring much-needed new treatments

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Chronic inflammation messes with your mind. Here's how to calm it

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Mind-reading AI can turn even imagined speech into spoken words

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What are the best ways to improve your cognitive reserve?

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