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Placebos at large: the power of society's symbols

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Placebos at large: the power of society's symbols

The world is brimming with symbols, including national flags, which trigger a phenomenon akin to medicinal placebos, argues psychologist Nicholas Humphrey

Opinion

Food vs you: How your dinner controls you

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Food vs you: How your dinner controls you

Features

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Fixing broken brains: a new understanding of depression

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Go-carting babies reveal origin of fear of heights

Life

Go-carting babies reveal origin of fear of heights

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First look into workings of the Neanderthal brain

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First look into workings of the Neanderthal brain

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To create a robot with common sense, mimic a toddler

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To create a robot with common sense, mimic a toddler

Opinion

People in their 90s are getting smarter

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People in their 90s are getting smarter

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What if your gluten intolerance is all in your head?

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What if your gluten intolerance is all in your head?

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Vagus thinking: Meditate your way to better health

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Vagus thinking: Meditate your way to better health

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Singing in a choir is good for the heart

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Singing in a choir is good for the heart

Choristers' heartbeats vary with the music they sing and synchronise with one another – both effects can be good for you

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Time-lapse map shows DNA development in growing brain

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Mindscapes: First man to hear people before they speak

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Life

Physics goes social: How behaviour obeys quantum logic

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Life

Martyr myth: Inside the minds of suicide bombers

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