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Weird illusion makes you think fabric is moving faster than it is

Mind

Weird illusion makes you think fabric is moving faster than it is

Your skin is terrible at judging how fast different textured materials are moving, highlighting a strange quirk in how the brain encodes touch

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Ketogenic diet may stop migraines by changing the brain’s fuel

Health

Ketogenic diet may stop migraines by changing the brain’s fuel

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Health

I tried to eat myself smarter at a brain-boosting supper club

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Technology

Neuroscientist Ed Boyden is decoding the brain with the power of light

Features

How to trick your mind to break bad habits and reach your goals

Health

How to trick your mind to break bad habits and reach your goals

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Photographic memory

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Photographic memory

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Physics

The time paradox: How your brain creates the fourth dimension

Features

Synaesthesia

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Synaesthesia

Computer illustration of human nerve cells in the brain of a patient with Parkinson's disease

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Parkinson's disease

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Mind

Our brains replay experiences when we rest to help us make decisions

When we rest, neurons fire to replay recent experiences – and doing so seems to improve our ability to use those experiences to make future decisions

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Mind

Miniature brains grown in the lab have human-like neural activity

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Mind

Shocking evidence shows people in vegetative states may be conscious

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Health

Gut bacteria might influence how our brains develop as children

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Mind

Our astonishing brain is hard to figure out – and that's fantastic

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