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Cherry or rhubarb? Orangutan mixes tasty cocktails in its mind

A pleasure-seeking ape can predict the taste of cocktails it has never tried before, which was thought to be something only humans can do

children with Downs

Health

Parents giving unproven IQ-boosting drugs to kids with Down’s

Humans

Mystery of what sleep does to our brains may finally be solved

People walking on giant map of a city, with plenty of giant multicoloured pins marking important places

Health

Memories of favourite locations have a special place in brain

Humans

Princess Leia brainwaves may help you learn in your sleep

eyewitness

Humans

How an unreliable eyewitness can make you a murderer

3D CLARITY image shows neural connections from the prefrontal cortex across an entire transparent mouse brain

Health

See-through brains reveal memory pathways for pleasure and fear

The actor Zoe Wanamaker facing a screen that gives a misty half reflection of herself

Humans

The self comes under attack in Nick Payne’s new play, Elegy

The yellow blooms of a flowering mustard plant

Environment

Plants may form memories using mad cow disease proteins

Health

Toxic form of tau protein foils memory formation in Alzheimer’s

Study in mice provides a mechanism for how the notorious protein stops neurons from strengthening their connections 鈥� and how we form memories 聽

Health

People who never forget their past could have unique kind of OCD

Health

Newborn neurons observed in a live brain for first time

Health

Boost your mental muscle with 20 minutes of exercise

Environment

Plants have evolved forgetfulness to wipe out memory of stress