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Pregnant woman listening to music on iPod

Health

Becoming a mother may change the brain to read baby's mind

Scans before and after pregnancy have revealed structural changes in areas of the brain important for empathy - changes not seen in new dads

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Humans

Neuroscience vs art: Let's talk across the divide

Culture

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Humans

Super-you: Fine-tune your life by making goals into habits

Features

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Humans

Our brains record and remember things in exactly the same way

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Electric fields can stimulate deep in your brain without surgery

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Electric fields can stimulate deep in your brain without surgery

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Superagers with amazing memories have Alzheimer’s brain plaques

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Superagers with amazing memories have Alzheimer’s brain plaques

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Technology

‘I’m more confident’: Paralysed woman’s life after brain implant

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First home brain implant lets ‘locked-in’ woman communicate

Technology

First home brain implant lets ‘locked-in’ woman communicate

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Isy Suttie, who experiences the tingly feelings of ASMR, playing guitar and singing

Humans

Video-triggered ‘brain orgasms’ are mysteriously disappearing

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Humans

Exploring the uncanny valley: Why almost-human is creepy

From sinister clowns to humanoid robots, we're freaked out by faces that are like ours, just not enough. Now we're finding out why

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Life

Mice fall for rubber hand illusion just like us

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Mind

Quadriplegic man feels touch on robotic hand with brain implant

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Health

Grand project to unify global efforts to understand the brain

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Humans

Building blocks of memories seen in brains for the first time

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