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Our blender brain: How mixing ideas made us human

Life

Our blender brain: How mixing ideas made us human

About 50,000 years ago we started to mash up incompatible concepts – and everything from science to fashion is the result, says cognitive scientist Mark Turner

Opinion

Cure for love: Chemical cures for the lovesick

Life

Cure for love: Chemical cures for the lovesick

Features

Talk is cheep: Do caged birds sing a key to language?

Life

Talk is cheep: Do caged birds sing a key to language?

Features

Brain zapping makes role of mirror neurons clearer

Life

Brain zapping makes role of mirror neurons clearer

News

First brain map of speech units could aid mind-reading

Life

First brain map of speech units could aid mind-reading

News

Conversation app helps parents boost child's language

Technology

Conversation app helps parents boost child's language

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Neuroscience's most famous brain is reconstructed

Life

Neuroscience's most famous brain is reconstructed

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Health

Scratch a mirror image of your itch to bring relief

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Ecstatic epilepsy: How seizures can be bliss

Health

Ecstatic epilepsy: How seizures can be bliss

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Life

The urge to dehumanise others is itself all too human

Recognising dehumanisation as part of human nature helps us guard against its darkest consequences

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Life

Talent for prejudice: Why humans dehumanise others

Features

Life

Mindscapes: The first recording of hallucinated music

News

Health

Drink two espressos to enhance long-term memory

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Life

Lifelogging: Crowdsourcing + life logs = big insights

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