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Gene for memory and IQ gives students low grades

Taiwanese students with a gene mutation linked to better memory and IQ – but also anxiety and mental illness – get worse results in high-pressure exams

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Free will is not an illusion after all

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Free will is not an illusion after all

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Minimally conscious patients can learn

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Break promises if you like but treat your workers well

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Brain science to help teachers get into kids' heads

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Brain science to help teachers get into kids' heads

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Human brains better tooled up than monkeys

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Human brains better tooled up than monkeys

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Brain cells slicker than we thought

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Icy stares and dirty minds: Hitch-hiking emotions

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Icy stares and dirty minds: Hitch-hiking emotions

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Eye movements reveal processing of hidden memories

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Carrots are better than sticks

Rewarding cooperative behaviour makes for more effective collaboration than punishing freeloaders

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Psoriasis cuts sensitivity to disgust

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Girls are primed to fear spiders

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Many degrees of separation in dementia brains

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Winners wear red: How colour twists your mind

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