Mind
Brain scans reveal why your brain forgets details
The way we store and retrieve memories prioritises abstract context over specific details, which might help us learn general lessons from our experiences
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Dean Burnett: What makes your brain happy
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Chris Timmermann: Exploring consciousness using psychedelics
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Gene therapy injection into spinal cord halts ALS in adult mice
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Your gut is full of neurons and they are replaced every 2 weeks
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Parkinson鈥檚 disease may start in the appendix and travel to the brain
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Spinal implants are getting better at reversing paralysis
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The truth behind ASMR and the craze for videos causing ‘head orgasms’
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Nick Ramsey: Our cyborg future
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Why memories are an illusion and forgetting is good for you
Rather than a filing cabinet in the mind, it turns out memory is an exquisite illusion that shapes our sense of self. Here's how to understand yours better
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Your brain is like 100 billion mini-computers all working together
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Henry Marsh: A life in brain surgery
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Animals can count, but can’t read numbers – and now we know why
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Octopuses taking MDMA get all huggy and loved-up with each other
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