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School achievement isn't just in your genes

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School achievement isn't just in your genes

Anyone who asserts that educational attainment is in large part inherited needs a lesson in modern genetics, says biologist Steven Rose

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Sleep boosts brain's self-cleaning system

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Sleep boosts brain's self-cleaning system

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Brain damage in American football linked to head trauma

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Brain damage in American football linked to head trauma

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Locating art in the brain of the beholder

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Locating art in the brain of the beholder

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Hidden depths: Brain science is drowning in uncertainty

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Hidden depths: Brain science is drowning in uncertainty

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Back from the dead: Reversing walking corpse syndrome

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Back from the dead: Reversing walking corpse syndrome

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Virtual role-playing teaches kids the harm of bullying

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Virtual role-playing teaches kids the harm of bullying

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Neuroscience wrongs will make a right

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How neuroscience can make you kinder

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How neuroscience can make you kinder

Opinion

Watch specialised number neurons in action

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Watch specialised number neurons in action

Brain cells that burst into life when people talk about numbers or numerical concepts are revealed in a real-world study that eavesdrops on the brain

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The mind minders: Meet our brain's maintenance workers

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Life

Think fast – you're a physics genius

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Life

Why we are all accidental musicians

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Health

Bedside scan can show embers of consciousness in comas

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