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Walter Pitts

Life

How a frog’s eye robbed us of a genius’s AI masterwork

Walter Pitts would have become one of the most famous names in computer science - if it hadn’t been for the frogs

Features

A brain implant

Health

Brain implant for OCD surprisingly helps alleviate diabetes too

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A man thinking hard and a lightbulb

Humans

Aha! What happens in your brain when you have a lightbulb moment

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A woman laughing

Humans

The woman who laughs uncontrollably when others get tickled

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DeepMind AI developed navigation neurons to solve a maze like us

Technology

DeepMind AI developed navigation neurons to solve a maze like us

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scene from Emma

Humans

Elements of surprise: What fiction plots tell us about our minds

Culture

Smart people literally have bigger brain cells than the rest

Health

Smart people literally have bigger brain cells than the rest

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A brain shape drawn on a petri dish held by a gloved hand

Life

Why growing human brain tissue in a dish is an ethical minefield

Comment

Tune in your head? Mind-reading tech can guess how it sounds

Humans

Tune in your head? Mind-reading tech can guess how it sounds

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thoughts

Humans

Your mind is not an iceberg – there's nothing under the surface

We make up our minds one thought at a time, according to a new book. But challenging the entrenched idea that our thoughts run “deep” will take strong, new arguments

Culture

Health

Brain zap can make people re-experience old dreams while awake

News

Humans

People with Tourette's may be better at learning without trying

News

Life

This Idea is Brilliant: writing about knowing

Culture

Health

Depriving the brain of a sense may improve stroke recovery

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