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Health

Interoception: Monkeys can sense their own heartbeat just like us

The ability to sense the internal state of the body, known as interoception, may be linked to our mental health, and macaques appear to have similar capabilities to us

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Life

Crows may owe their intelligence to an abundance of certain neurons

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A colour-enhanced scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of Magic mushrooms (Psilocybe cubensis). These spores will grow into the fungus that is Psilocybe cubensis , or the magic mushroom. When ingested, this fungus causes euphoria, hallucinations and altered perception of time. Each spore of this strain is approximately 8 by 11 um. Magnification is x660 when printed 10 cm wide.

Health

AI analyses drug users’ trip reports to better understand psychedelics

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Inhaling leaded petrol as a child may affect an adult's IQ

Health

Leaded petrol may have lowered the IQ of over half the US population

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Hippocampus neuron, computer illustration. The hippocampus in humans is the structure in the brain responsible for long-term memory.

Mind

Special brain cells may signal when to start new memories

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Mature man sleeping wearing eye mask close up

Mind

Brain cells that regulate wakefulness may become overactive with age

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Young woman with headphones and smartphone leaning against wall

Mind

There are neurons in the brain that only seem to respond to singing

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Friends playing chess in garden

Mind

Your brain doesn't slow down until your 60s – later than we thought

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Light micrograph of a dorsal root ganglion stained with Cajal's silver nitrate. Near the rounded cell bodies of the pseudounipolar neurons the axons make several turns, forming Cajal's initial glomeruli.

Health

Map of pain neurons may lead to more effective drugs for chronic pain

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Ultrasound can control genetically altered brain cells in mice

Health

Ultrasound can control genetically altered brain cells in mice

A new technique called sonogenetics uses ultrasound to switch on and off genetically altered brain cells. It has been successfully tested in mice, and could be a future tool for treating brain conditions such as Parkinson's or epilepsy in humans

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Health

Spinal implants let three people who were paralysed walk with support

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Health

Florian Solzbacher interview: Mind-reading implant may soon go on sale

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Mind

Using tools helps you understand language and vice versa

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Health

Paralysed mice walk again after gel is injected into spinal cord

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