Humans
How sharing other people’s feelings can make you sick
Everyone says we need more empathy 鈥� but too much of it can burn you out. Mind training lessons from monks and psychopaths could help us care without crumbling
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Health
Will brain stimulation for autism diminish my special talents?
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Humans
The self comes under attack in Nick Payne’s new play, Elegy
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The teenager who can’t help speaking in a French accent
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Coma brain scans predict if a person will ever recover awareness
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Humans
Map of the brain’s word filing system could help us read minds
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Humans
The upside of nightmares: How bad dreams are also good for you
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Environment
Sleeping away from home? Half your brain is still awake
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The foundations of schizophrenia may be laid down in the womb
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Life
We are zombies rewriting our mental history to feel in control
Ever thought you have an uncanny knack of predicting events? It's probably down to shortcomings in the human brain
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I鈥檓 the first quadriplegic person to regain thought-control of my arm
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Brain implant lets paralysed man move his hand with his thoughts
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In sync: How to take control of your many body clocks
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First LSD brain imaging study offers insights into consciousness
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