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Health

Fear of heights linked to vertical perception

People who have an extreme fear of heights also have trouble accurately gauging vertical distances – but does fear drive error or error drive fear?

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Life

Map-reading skills change how we view beauty

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When you should trust your gut

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New kind of epilepsy shakes up memory

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Are bad sleeping habits driving us mad?

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Are bad sleeping habits driving us mad?

Features

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Technology

Texting can b gd 4 ur kids

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Rare syndrome points to sociability gene

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Review: <i>The Decisive Moment: How the brain makes up its mind</i> by Jonah Lehrer

Humans

Review: The Decisive Moment: How the brain makes up its mind by Jonah Lehrer

Books & Arts

'Anti-phobia pill' breaks link between memory and fear

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'Anti-phobia pill' breaks link between memory and fear

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Hypnosis used to induce 'synaesthesia'

Does not having the genes for the condition, which lets people see sounds or hear colours, rule us out from the experience? Perhaps not

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Life

Fearful expressions evolved to mimic babies' faces

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Life

Subliminal messages really do affect your decisions

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Life

Video: Robot uses human mind tricks to navigate

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Health

Protein reverses Alzheimer's brain damage

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