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Why thinking hard for several hours can leave you mentally exhausted
Prolonged concentration may cause a compound called glutamate - which can be harmful at high levels - to accumulate in regions at the front of the brain
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Artificial neuron swaps dopamine with rat brain cells like a real one
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What lab-grown ‘mini-brains’ are revealing about this mysterious organ
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Parts of the brain form a circuit that may fuel smoking addiction
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Brains can be hotter than the rest of our bodies, especially in women
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Brain cells that control fever and other illness symptoms discovered
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Which countries will do well at Eurovision 2022 – according to science
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Artificial nerve cells have been made in the lab
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Interoception: Monkeys can sense their own heartbeat just like us
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Crows may owe their intelligence to an abundance of certain neurons
Corvids such as rooks and crows seem to have a unusually high number of interneurons, brain cells involved in processing information
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AI analyses drug users’ trip reports to better understand psychedelics
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Leaded petrol may have lowered the IQ of over half the US population
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Special brain cells may signal when to start new memories
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Brain cells that regulate wakefulness may become overactive with age
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