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Cherry or rhubarb? Orangutan mixes tasty cocktails in its mind

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Cherry or rhubarb? Orangutan mixes tasty cocktails in its mind

A pleasure-seeking ape can predict the taste of cocktails it has never tried before, which was thought to be something only humans can do

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children with Downs

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Parents giving unproven IQ-boosting drugs to kids with Down's

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Mystery of what sleep does to our brains may finally be solved

Humans

Mystery of what sleep does to our brains may finally be solved

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People walking on giant map of a city, with plenty of giant multicoloured pins marking important places

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Memories of favourite locations have a special place in brain

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Princess Leia brainwaves may help you learn in your sleep

Humans

Princess Leia brainwaves may help you learn in your sleep

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eyewitness

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How an unreliable eyewitness can make you a murderer

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3D CLARITY image shows neural connections from the prefrontal cortex across an entire transparent mouse brain

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See-through brains reveal memory pathways for pleasure and fear

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The actor Zoe Wanamaker facing a screen that gives a misty half reflection of herself

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The self comes under attack in Nick Payne's new play, Elegy

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The yellow blooms of a flowering mustard plant

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Plants may form memories using mad cow disease proteins

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Toxic form of tau protein foils memory formation in Alzheimer's

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Toxic form of tau protein foils memory formation in Alzheimer's

Study in mice provides a mechanism for how the notorious protein stops neurons from strengthening their connections – and how we form memories

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People who never forget their past could have unique kind of OCD

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Newborn neurons observed in a live brain for first time

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Boost your mental muscle with 20 minutes of exercise

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Plants have evolved forgetfulness to wipe out memory of stress

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