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psychology

Scans can be vital in judging severity of brain damage

Health

Scans can be vital in judging severity of brain damage

Doctors use bedside observation to gauge consciousness in people with brain damage, but PET scans may be more accurate at predicting recovery

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Shakespeare: Unleashing a tempest in the brain

Life

Shakespeare: Unleashing a tempest in the brain

Features

The fourth state of matter: Consciousness

Life

The fourth state of matter: Consciousness

Opinion

We turn brainwaves into sound for music and medicine

Technology

We turn brainwaves into sound for music and medicine

CultureLab

How ancient needs still drive our weird ways

Life

How ancient needs still drive our weird ways

CultureLab

First in-depth mammal brain map to reveal neural blips

Life

First in-depth mammal brain map to reveal neural blips

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Hive minds: Time to drop the fiction of individuality

Life

Hive minds: Time to drop the fiction of individuality

Opinion

Bite-sized chunks of brain science don't quite satisfy

Life

Bite-sized chunks of brain science don't quite satisfy

CultureLab

Yum, Lego… Human babies born to move hands to mouth

Life

Yum, Lego… Human babies born to move hands to mouth

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Stuff: The psychological power of possessions

Life

Stuff: The psychological power of possessions

We invest emotion and memories in our possessions, giving them deep meaning, but that doesn't necessarily make us happy – it may drive us slightly mad

Features

Life

The dream maker: My app shaped their slumbers

Features

Life

Stuff: The bare necessities, then and now

Features

Life

Even low levels of stress could cause infertility

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Life

Invisible: What your brain refuses to see

Features

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