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Learning to read and write rewires adult brain in six months
Illiterate adults who have learned to read and write over half a year show brain changes 鈥� even in regions not obviously linked to reading, writing or learning
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Humans
The brain starts to eat itself after chronic sleep deprivation
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Humans
Does mind-hack tech mean your brain needs its own legal rights?
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Humans
Deviate attempts to alter the way we perceive the world
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Environment
Drunken crayfish show that loneliness raises alcohol tolerance
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Health
Start-up uses biometrics to tailor music for good night鈥檚 sleep
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Our ability to think in a random way peaks at 25 then declines
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Life
Entire nervous system of an animal recorded for the first time
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Health
Destroying a type of brain cell makes mice really chilled out
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Earth
Changing clocks twice a year is bad for health and energy use
Brain Scanner is Simon Oxenham's monthly column that sifts the pseudoscience from the neuroscience
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When I try to imagine my girlfriend’s face, I draw a blank
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Health
People with no mind’s eye may help us boost our creativity
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Humans
Emotions are not universal 鈥� we build them for ourselves
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Humans
How to train your brain to be like a memory champion鈥檚
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