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New research might teach us how to make a scarier scream
Scientists have discovered that human screams occupy a unique part of the soundscape, previously thought to be irrelevant to communication.
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‘Speedometer’ neurons discovered in rat brains
Nobel laureates identify speed cells as a crucial component of the mammalian navigation system.
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Poverty affects kids' brains at a crucial time
Growing up poor leads to slower brain development and lower test scores, according to a new study.
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Brain scans prove love is literally a drug
We keep associating the heart with love, but the fact is that the brain is actually in charge of all our emotions. The brain does the heavy lifting before, during and after a relationship.
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Out of Thin Air
After a life of football, Joe Namath fears he has brain damage. But he's sold on a dubious treatment -- and wants others to buy in too. By Peter Keating.
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Coldhearted Psychopaths Feel Empathy Too
Psychopaths may be capable of empathizing with others in some situations, a new study has found. When asked to empathize, a group of psychopaths appeared to show normal levels of empathy, suggesting the ability may be repressed in these individuals rather than missing entirely.
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Multiple sclerosis breakthrough: Scientists develop technology to assist doctors in detection of brain lesions
One of these lesions is not like the others.
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This Device Brings “Brave New World” to Life
A new implant that wirelessly delivers drugs directly into the brain brings up challenging questions for neuroethicists. By Zachary Siegel.
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11 Incredible Facts About The Brain Which Will Leave You Awestruck
The human brain is a big mystery box, with several hidden facts, most of them unbelievable. From the speed of information traveling through the nerves to fact that brain is the fattest organ of human body, there are many mind-blowing facts about the human cerebrum. We followed a Quora thread and picked out eleven of amazing and incredible brain facts for you. Have a look!
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Can we get our heads around consciousness?
Consciousness is the greatest, most troubling mystery in science. Don’t believe the hype: the Hard Problem is here to stay
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One Head, Two Brains
In 1939, a group of 10 people between the ages of 10 and 43, all with epilepsy, traveled to the University of Rochester Medical Center, where they would become the first people to undergo a radical new surgery. The patients were there because they all struggled with violent and uncontrollable seizures. The procedure they were about to have was untested on humans, but they were desperate—none of the standard drug therapies for seizures had worked.
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No Brainer
For decades now, I have been haunted by the grainy, black-and-white x-ray of a human skull. It is alive but empty, with a cavernous fluid-filled space where the brain should be. A thin layer of brain tissue lines that cavity like an amniotic sac... By Peter Watts.
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3D brain map reveals connections between cells in nano-scale
Researchers hope images will enable study of abnormal connections between cells present in neurological disorders such as schizophrenia and depression
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'Brain-eating amoeba' found in water supply near New Orleans
US health officials confirm the presence of a 'brain-eating' amoeba in the water supply of several communities near New Orleans.
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Why Can’t I See You?
For at least a decade I’ve been telling anyone who would listen that I wanted to end my days in California. One of the people I said this to, in San Francisco, was quick to put me right: you don’t end your days in California, you begin them. I was happy to be corrected in this distinctly Californian way, but when we eventually got here it seemed that I might have been right after all... By Geoff Dyer. (April 2014)
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Craving to Quit - Mindful
Mindful speaks to Craving to Quit founder Judson Brewer about the research behind the smoking-cessation program and accompanying app.
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Brain training app could help people with schizophrenia
A "brain training" iPad game developed in Britain may improve the memory of patients with schizophrenia, helping them in their daily lives at home and at work, researchers said on
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Your brain is particularly vulnerable to trauma at two distinct ages
Life experiences wield particular influence over the brain during these select, sensitive periods.
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A Sense Of Self: What Happens When Your Brain Says You Don't Exist
In his new book, The Man Who Wasn't There, Anil Ananthaswamy examines the ways people think of themselves — and how those perceptions can be distorted by certain brain conditions.
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Dogs process faces in specialized brain area, study reveals
“Our findings show that dogs have an innate way to process faces in their brains, a quality that has previously only been well-documented in humans and other primates,” says Gregory Berns, a neuroscientist at Emory University and the senior author of the study... By Carol Clark.
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