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Feel the pain, shed the guilt

Physical pain can be effective at relieving feelings of guilt – but don't beat yourself up about it

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Mind's circuit diagram to be revealed by mammoth map

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Mind's circuit diagram to be revealed by mammoth map

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Sleeping enhances memory – but only the important stuff

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World's first brain scanner made for two

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World's first brain scanner made for two

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Transsexual differences caught on brain scan

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Transsexual differences caught on brain scan

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Plastic artificial retina is a hit with nerve cells

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Infectious moods: A depressing side effect

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Infectious moods: A depressing side effect

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The hurt blocker: Scans pin down pain in the brain

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The hurt blocker: Scans pin down pain in the brain

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Movie cigarettes make smokers mentally 'light up'

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Movie cigarettes make smokers mentally 'light up'

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Brain training for tinnitus reverses ringing in ears

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Brain training for tinnitus reverses ringing in ears

Reorganising the brains of rats by pairing tones with electric shocks has reversed the debilitating symptoms of tinnitus

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Chess grandmasters use twice the brain

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Will Gabrielle Giffords recover?

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The scent of a woman's tears wards off men

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Placebos can work even when you know they're fakes

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