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brains

Mind-reading light helps you stay in the zone

Life

Mind-reading light helps you stay in the zone

A device that uses light to measure your level of concentration can tell when you're bored or overworked, and can tweak tasks to keep you focused

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Invest in minds not maths to boost the economy

Humans

Invest in minds not maths to boost the economy

Comment

Why whisky makes you frisky (and gin makes you sin)

Humans

Why whisky makes you frisky (and gin makes you sin)

Features

Sleeping daredevil: The first dream hacker

Life

Sleeping daredevil: The first dream hacker

Features

Rude awakenings: How swearing made us human

Life

Rude awakenings: How swearing made us human

Features

'Baby illusion' makes mums see youngest as too short

Life

'Baby illusion' makes mums see youngest as too short

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Nature more than nurture determines exam success

Life

Nature more than nurture determines exam success

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3D-printed skull simulates sensations of brain surgery

Technology

3D-printed skull simulates sensations of brain surgery

Regulars

What should we do about pornography?

Life

What should we do about pornography?

Comment

Why insects bug us so much

Life

Why insects bug us so much

None of us is neutral about insects. The strong emotional reactions they provoke have deep roots, says Jeffrey A. Lockwood in The Infested Mind

CultureLab

Health

Soaring dementia rates prompt call for global action

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Technology

Brain stimulation gives you will to persevere

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Life

Modern moral responses need a manual mode

Opinion

Life

Mapped: male and female brain connections

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