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Weird illusion makes you think fabric is moving faster than it is
Your skin is terrible at judging how fast different textured materials are moving, highlighting a strange quirk in how the brain encodes touch
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Ketogenic diet may stop migraines by changing the brain’s fuel
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I tried to eat myself smarter at a brain-boosting supper club
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Neuroscientist Ed Boyden is decoding the brain with the power of light
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How to trick your mind to break bad habits and reach your goals
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Photographic memory
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The time paradox: How your brain creates the fourth dimension
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Our brains replay experiences when we rest to help us make decisions
When we rest, neurons fire to replay recent experiences – and doing so seems to improve our ability to use those experiences to make future decisions
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Miniature brains grown in the lab have human-like neural activity
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Shocking evidence shows people in vegetative states may be conscious
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Gut bacteria might influence how our brains develop as children
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Our astonishing brain is hard to figure out – and that’s fantastic
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