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Want to think outside of the box? Try sniffing a placebo

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Want to think outside of the box? Try sniffing a placebo

The placebo effect not only works in medicine, it can also boost cognitive ability, unleashing creativity and driving original thought

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Brain-zap therapy may throw people with depression into a rage

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Inside the mind of the man who wants to transplant human heads

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Your autopilot mode is real - now we know how the brain does it

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Women don’t need to ‘switch off’ to climax, orgasm study shows

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The dearth of women in tech is nothing to do with testosterone

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Little-known drug keeps climbers’ minds sharp at high altitude

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Two people meditate facing each other

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Different meditation types train distinct parts of your brain

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Our braininess may have evolved thanks to less sticky neurons

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Our braininess may have evolved thanks to less sticky neurons

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We've finally seen how the sleeping brain stores memories

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We've finally seen how the sleeping brain stores memories

For the first time, scans of sleeping people have shown how memories are moved in the brain, and suggest that the first hours of shut-eye are key for memory

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The brain's 7D sandcastles could be the key to consciousness

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See-through brains reveal how stroke damages vital blood vessels

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Electric zap ‘wakes’ man after 15 years in a vegetative state

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Meet the team who 'woke' a man from 15 years in vegetative state

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