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Amputees control avatar by imagining moving their missing limbs
Even after losing a limb, brain activity associated with imagined movements can be read by an fMRI brain scanner and used to control a computer character
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Best evidence yet that Parkinson’s could be autoimmune disease
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Anxiety drug may prevent common virus that causes birth defects
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Pig brain cells implanted into brains of people with Parkinson’s
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Fetuses turn to follow face-like shapes while in the womb
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Theatre takes a technological leap to probe the nature of memory
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Baby brain scans can predict who is likely to develop autism
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Brain images display the beauty and complexity of consciousness
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Drinking small amounts while pregnant may affect the baby’s face
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Drug that boosts confidence in your own actions may help OCD
Are you sure you locked the front door this morning? Sometimes it can be hard to judge your own behaviour, but a drug that blocks noradrenaline seems to help
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Photos of human faces reassembled from monkeys’ brain signals
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Your Brain Is a Time Machine: Why we need to talk about time
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Could cannabis help crack cocaine addicts kick the habit?
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Is ADHD a sleep disorder? Stimulant drug improves symptoms
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