Humans
Calendar synaesthesia: The people who can see time
For some the year is a C stretching out in front of them, for others it’s a hula hoop. The ways some people visualise calendars could shed light on memory itself
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Effortless thinking: The god-shaped hole in your brain
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Effortless thinking: It pays to resist revenge’s sweet taste
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Weaponised microwave may be behind alleged sonic attacks in Cuba
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Night exercises: The intense workout we all do in our sleep
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How Japan got a fix on brain-teasing highs
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Teenage brains can’t tell what’s important and what isn’t
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Huge dose of brain chemical dopamine may have made us smart
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Mind menders: how psychedelic drugs rebuild broken brains
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Making your brain cells longer could help ward off Alzheimer’s
People who die with plaques and tangles in their brain but no signs of dementia may have changed the shape of connections between neurons to withstand the disease
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Your music tastes can be changed by using magnets on your brain
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Brain training game linked to lower dementia risk a decade later
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Grand delusions: Why we all believe the weirdest things
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What makes you a psychopath or an extreme altruist?
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