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Jean-Pierre Mooney in motorboat

Health

When I try to imagine my girlfriend's face, I draw a blank

Jean-Pierre Mooney has aphantasia, which means he is unable to use mental imagery. He talks about how it affects his life and his hopes for a cure

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Headless figure looks at black canvas

Health

People with no mind's eye may help us boost our creativity

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Humans

Emotions are not universal – we build them for ourselves

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Memory athlete

Humans

How to train your brain to be like a memory champion’s

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A person in a wheelchair looks towards a screen with a grid on it while a researcher looks on

Technology

Mind-reading typing tool for paralysed people is fastest yet

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Mouse surrounded by grass

Life

'Meditating mice' reveal secrets of mindfulness training

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Looking at a virtual hand reduces the pain in your real hand

Health

Looking at a virtual hand reduces the pain in your real hand

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People eating watermelons together

Health

Why the sound of noisy eating fills some people with rage

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A woman lying down wearing a cap covered in electrodes

Technology

Completely paralysed people use thoughts to say they are happy

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Doll with pins stuck in it

Health

Being 'hangry' exists: why a lack of food can change your mood

Falling blood sugar levels accompanying hunger do cause us to get angry, irritable and aggressive, even towards loved ones

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Humans

More empathy isn't the right prescription to heal our planet

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Humans

The folds in your brain may be linked to how neurotic you are

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Life

Early sketches of the brain show Ramón y Cajal's artistic genius

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Health

Cellular recovery: How self-help could aid the damaged brain

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