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Health

The illnesses caused by a disconnect between brain and mind

A group of troubling disorders lead to very real symptoms, but tests suggest nothing is wrong. Finding out why is shedding new light on the nature of consciousness itself

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Brain scans could reveal signs of childhood mistreatment

Mind

Child abuse may change brain structure and make depression worse

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Health

From the archives: Pop a pill to change your personality

Regulars
The experiment plans to test brain stimulation on volunteers in a prison

Mind

Brain zap prison experiment suspended by Spanish government

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Life

Don’t miss: A life in death, aquatic mysteries and the brain unveiled

Culture
gin and tonic

Humans

Find tonic water bitter? Part of your brain may be on the small side

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Health

Mind-reading implant can decode what your ears are hearing

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Health

8 ways to keep your brain young and stave off mental decline

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Health

Silencing brain cells in mice can make them no longer care about pain

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A person wearing the headset stares at their teacher

Mind

Brain-reading headsets trialled on 10,000 schoolchildren in China

Thousands of schoolchildren in China have trialled a brain-scanning headband that lets teachers see if they stop paying attention in class

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Mind

Cheers! Saying thanks is good for you and those around you

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Humans

Toys are us: How childhood objects may have shaped human history

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Life

How busting some moves on the dance floor is good for your brain

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Humans

The disorientated ape: Why clever people can be terrible navigators

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