Humans
Talk is cheep: Do caged birds sing a key to language?
Understand how the Bengalese finch acquired its virtuoso singing, and you can learn a lot about the forces that freed our own tongues, says Kate Douglas
Features
Humans
Brain zapping makes role of mirror neurons clearer
News
Humans
First brain map of speech units could aid mind-reading
News
Humans
Conversation app helps parents boost child’s language
News
Health
Neuroscience’s most famous brain is reconstructed
News
Health
Scratch a mirror image of your itch to bring relief
News
Health
Ecstatic epilepsy: How seizures can be bliss
Features
Humans
Talent for prejudice: Why humans dehumanise others
Features
Humans
The urge to dehumanise others is itself all too human
Opinion
Health
Mindscapes: The first recording of hallucinated music
Sylvia hears music in her head. Turning the ghost tunes on and off hints at the cause of more common hallucinations like those in schizophrenia
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Humans
How far can a Buddhist approach to biology take us?
Culture
Health
Lifelogging: Crowdsourcing + life logs = big insights
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Humans
Learning drugs reawaken grown-up brain’s inner child
News
Health
Breast cancer impersonates neurons to invade the brain
News