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What's in a name? The words behind thought

Life

What's in a name? The words behind thought

You think more words than you speak – perhaps because language really does shape the way we navigate the world

Features

Psychoactive drugs: From recreation to medication

Health

Psychoactive drugs: From recreation to medication

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Why your brain flips over visual illusions

Life

Why your brain flips over visual illusions

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Success, not size 0, makes women want to eat less

Life

Success, not size 0, makes women want to eat less

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Health

Oxytocin fails 'trust elixir' test

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Scalpels and skulls point to Bronze Age brain surgery

Health

Scalpels and skulls point to Bronze Age brain surgery

Opinion

The mind's eye: How the brain sorts out what you see

Life

The mind's eye: How the brain sorts out what you see

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Health

Anticipation of pain makes it hurt more, even days later

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Health

MRI scans could diagnose autism

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Artificial life forms evolve basic intelligence

Life

Artificial life forms evolve basic intelligence

Digital organisms not only mutate and evolve, they also have memory – so how long before they acquire intelligence too?

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Life

Human brains have 'Life of Brian' mechanism

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Life

Mind-reading marketers have ways of making you buy

Features

Health

Gene variant role in Parkinson's uncovered

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Life

Did emotions evolve to push others into cooperation?

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