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The man who weighed thoughts

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The man who weighed thoughts

A century ago, Angelo Mosso built a weighing machine that he said could measure brain activity. A modern recreation shows he might have been right

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Learn another language to delay three dementias

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Run yourself smarter: How exercise boosts your brain

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Run yourself smarter: How exercise boosts your brain

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Data trackers monitor your life so they can nudge you

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Data trackers monitor your life so they can nudge you

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Fit for thinking: The best brain boosters

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Zapping your brain enhances your love of classic art

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Zapping your brain enhances your love of classic art

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Brain stimulation boosts social skills in autism

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Brain stimulation boosts social skills in autism

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Memory loss and memories found in ageing brains

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Memory loss and memories found in ageing brains

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The edge of reason: When logic fails us

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The edge of reason: When logic fails us

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The Halloween trick that conjures ghosts of the mind

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The Halloween trick that conjures ghosts of the mind

The "Bloody Mary" illusion evokes strange sights in the mirror. Douglas Heaven braves an apparition that could help people with schizophrenia

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Scramble the brain's timekeepers to banish jet lag

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Scans pinpoint moment anaesthetic puts brain under

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The end of anonymity: A way to stop online abuse?

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Babies know good from evil – is this morality?

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