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My patient's marriage was saved by a brain injury

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My patient's marriage was saved by a brain injury

Our brains influence all aspects of our lives, including our sexual desires. This means brain injuries can have some surprising effects, says Amee Baird

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Stress early in life can make a child’s brain more like an adult's

Mind

Stress early in life can make a child’s brain more like an adult's

News

The science of boredom can tell us how to keep ourselves amused

Humans

The science of boredom can tell us how to keep ourselves amused

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A new wave of apps say they can improve your friendships – can they?

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A new wave of apps say they can improve your friendships – can they?

Features

Why people become strangely attached to their robot vacuum cleaners

Technology

Why people become strangely attached to their robot vacuum cleaners

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Covid-19: The science of uncertainty can help us make better choices

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Covid-19: The science of uncertainty can help us make better choices

Comment

TikTok: How did the video-sharing app get so big so quickly?

Technology

TikTok: How did the video-sharing app get so big so quickly?

Culture

Efforts to stop prisoners reoffending can be useless or even backfire

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Efforts to stop prisoners reoffending can be useless or even backfire

Insight

Gamifying hate: How alt-right extremists recruit and mobilise online

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Gamifying hate: How alt-right extremists recruit and mobilise online

Features

Last Word

Room for improvement: Compliment first or bad news first?

When delivering negative feedback, is it better to give a compliment first and follow with the bad news, or vice versa? Readers respond with some fascinating insights

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Last Word

This week’s new questions

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Technology

Will Instagram filters alter our view of beauty and who we are?

Culture

Mind

People who get lost in the wild follow strangely predictable paths

Features

Humans

Why the human race may be less gullible than you think

Culture