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Mind

Animals can count, but can't read numbers - and now we know why

Humans but not animals learn that symbols like ‘2’ and ‘4’ represent numbers by recruiting a unique set of neurons to identify them

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Life

Octopuses taking MDMA get all huggy and loved-up with each other

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Space

A third of us would go one-way to Mars – but it may shrink your brain

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Health

We've cracked the brain's emotion code and it may help depression

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Mind

Struggling to multitask? Your brain might have hit full capacity

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Nose breathing in yoga may calm the mind by slowing brainwaves

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Nose breathing in yoga may calm the mind by slowing brainwaves

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Mind

We can train ourselves to be better at knowing when we are wrong

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Humans

The Neuroscience of Emotion: time to take our emotions very seriously

Culture

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Mind

Why taking ayahuasca is like having a near-death experience

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Boy’s brain works just fine after a large piece was removed

Health

Boy’s brain works just fine after a large piece was removed

A boy had a third of his right brain hemisphere removed to treat his epilepsy. His brain has now rearranged itself, preventing any cognitive impairment

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Health

Dopamine levels in our brains affect the risks we’re happy to take

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Ear implant lets deaf gerbils sense sound from light signals

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Health

Quantum dots in brain could treat Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases

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Health

Psychedelics may help your brain cells form new connections

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