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How I conjure a social illusion with ventriloquism

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How I conjure a social illusion with ventriloquism

Your brain's system for directing attention is what makes you think a puppet has a mind of its own, argues ventriloquist and neuroscientist Michael Graziano

Opinion

Learn a second language to slow ageing brain's decline

Health

Learn a second language to slow ageing brain's decline

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Curved screens make our brains light up with pleasure

Technology

Curved screens make our brains light up with pleasure

Analysis

Life

App takes the strain out of tricky moral dilemmas

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Obsession engineers: Mind control the <i>Candy Crush</i> way

Life

Obsession engineers: Mind control the Candy Crush way

Features

Humans

Dream on

Regulars

More than just friends? 7 secret tests of attraction

Life

More than just friends? 7 secret tests of attraction

Features

How moral fundamentalism becomes a scientific sin

Life

How moral fundamentalism becomes a scientific sin

CultureLab

Friendship: Friends with many benefits

Life

Friendship: Friends with many benefits

Features

Friendship: Friends in high-tech places

Life

Friendship: Friends in high-tech places

Many blame the internet for loosening the ties that bind us – but it's also weaving a new kind of social web

Features

Life

Friendship: Do animals have friends, too?

Features

Life

Friendship FAQ: The 'just friends' dilemma, and more

Features

Health

Mindscapes: The woman who gets lost in her own home

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Health

Wake up – we need to know more about insomnia

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