Humans
How Japan got a fix on brain-teasing highs
Sudoku was the biggest puzzle craze to hit the West from Japan, but as The Puzzle Ninja shows, there are plenty more, including Kakuro, KenKen and O'Ekaki
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Teenage brains can’t tell what’s important and what isn’t
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Humans
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
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Humans
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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Humans
Grand delusions: Why we all believe the weirdest things
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Humans
What makes you a psychopath or an extreme altruist?
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How social stress makes your brain vulnerable to depression
Bullying and other social stresses may make it easier for inflammatory substances to enter your brain, altering your mood and leaving you susceptible to depression
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Sheep learn to recognise celebrity faces from different angles
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Your brain signals weaken and slow down when you’re really tired
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People with face blindness are missing a ‘hub’ in their brains
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Space changes how your brain thinks and it starts right away
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