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A slow mind may nurture more creative ideas

Life

A slow mind may nurture more creative ideas

Scans show that people who are better at having new ideas have brains that pass information around more slowly

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Mind over matter? How your body does your thinking

Life

Mind over matter? How your body does your thinking

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Machiavellian insects evolve bigger, social brains

Life

Machiavellian insects evolve bigger, social brains

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Why teenagers find learning a drag

Life

Why teenagers find learning a drag

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Life

Innovation: Market research wants to open your skull

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How to move the brain with a Japanese line drawing

Life

How to move the brain with a Japanese line drawing

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Firing on all neurons: Where consciousness comes from

Life

Firing on all neurons: Where consciousness comes from

Features

Mind-reading gorillas love a good game

Earth

Mind-reading gorillas love a good game

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Mom and dad, stop stifling me – it's damaging my brain

Life

Mom and dad, stop stifling me – it's damaging my brain

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Amputees could get a helping hand in the virtual world

Technology

Amputees could get a helping hand in the virtual world

The rubber hand illusion is even more powerful in virtual environments, where people adopt virtual appendages as their own without physical stimuli

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Life

If mum is happy and you know it, wave your fetal arms

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Life

We feel your pain: Extreme empaths

Features

Humans

Music and lyrics: How the brain splits songs

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Life

For a long life, smile like you mean it

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