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Simple webcam test could show whether you lack a mind's eye

It may soon be possible to diagnose people with aphantasia, the inability to picture images in their head, using a simple test

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CRISPR nanocapsule limits growth of aggressive brain tumours in mice

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Life

Brain regions linked to empathy bigger in monkeys with more friends

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Listening to friends tell you about their dreams helps develop empathy

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Listening to friends tell you about their dreams helps develop empathy

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A coloured MRI scan of a healthy two-year-old's brain

Health

Map of how our brain changes with age could help diagnose diseases

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2CE12PN Amyloid plaques forming between neurons. Beta-amyloid protein disrupting nerve cells function in a brain with Alzheimer's disease

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Genes linked to Alzheimer’s may help calculate your risk of getting it

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Where you grew up influences how well you navigate the world

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Watch a foot-tickling machine discover the most ticklish spot on feet

Technology

Watch a foot-tickling machine discover the most ticklish spot on feet

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Health

People who are blind may use the brain’s visual cortex for movement

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Mind

Brain scanning studies are usually too small to find reliable results

Most studies that have used MRI machines to find links between the brain’s structure or function and complex mental traits had an average of 23 participants, but thousands are needed to find reliable results

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Mind

Brain cells that regulate wakefulness may become overactive with age

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Mind

There are neurons in the brain that only seem to respond to singing

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Technology

Hybrid AI: A new way to make machine minds that really think like us

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Mind

We may be unable to grow new brain cells after we enter adulthood

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