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People sit an work on their laptops in a coffee shop

Humans

Do you get your best work done in coffee shops? Here's why

It isn't the clattering of plates and the whir of the coffee machine that makes you work better – it's the contagious concentration of the other people

News

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Life

Culture picks: Time to spring-clean your mind

Culture

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Humans

Everything you've heard about sniffing oxytocin might be wrong

News

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Humans

Map of the brain's word filing system could help us read minds

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Humans

Surfing Uncertainty: Do our dynamic brains predict the world?

CultureLab

Closeup of a man wearing the Thync neurostimulating device

Technology

Thync piece: Do mind-altering wearables live up to the billing?

News

Stack of photographs of someone, some quite old

Health

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

News

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Humans

'Torture' study redo shows people feel less agency under orders

News

A person gazes into the distance. The background is out of focus

Life

How to prove controversial consciousness theory? Ask a physicist

News

Famous pianist Glenn Gould looks at a piece of Bach's sheet music

Life

Mind-reading tech helps beginners quickly learn to play Bach

A system involving brain sensors allowed a group of beginners to quickly learn to play a piano piece by Bach, and the tech could speed up other kinds of learning

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Life

Will creating monkeys with autism-like symptoms be any use?

News

Health

Your face is mapped on the surface of other people's brains

News

Life

How to master your habits and take control of your life

Features

Health

Road map of awareness could help us rouse unconscious people

News