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How Japan got a fix on brain-teasing highs

Sudoku was the biggest puzzle craze to hit the West from Japan, but as The Puzzle Ninja shows, there are plenty more, including Kakuro, KenKen and O'Ekaki

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Teenagers sitting on the couch

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Teenage brains can’t tell what’s important and what isn’t

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Huge dose of brain chemical dopamine may have made us smart

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Huge dose of brain chemical dopamine may have made us smart

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Mind menders: how psychedelic drugs rebuild broken brains

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Making your brain cells longer could help ward off Alzheimer’s

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Your music tastes can be changed by using magnets on your brain

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Your music tastes can be changed by using magnets on your brain

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An older person doing a crossword

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Brain training game linked to lower dementia risk a decade later

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What makes you a psychopath or an extreme altruist?

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Humans

Grand delusions: Why we all believe the weirdest things

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A woman in a dark room

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How social stress makes your brain vulnerable to depression

Bullying and other social stresses may make it easier for inflammatory substances to enter your brain, altering your mood and leaving you susceptible to depression

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Life

Sheep learn to recognise celebrity faces from different angles

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Your brain signals weaken and slow down when you’re really tired

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People with face blindness are missing a ‘hub’ in their brains

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Space

Space changes how your brain thinks and it starts right away

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