Health
Zeros to heroes: Rogue brain-killing proteins
Before winning his Nobel prize, Stanley Prusiner was ridiculed for suggesting that something he called a prion caused spongiform brain diseases
Features
Humans
Brain imaging monitors effect of movie magic
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Humans
Thank the ur-worm for Shakespeare’s brain
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Humans
Money can buy you happiness – up to a point
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Humans
Thank mothers for large ape brains
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Humans
What’s in a name? The words behind thought
Features
Health
Psychoactive drugs: From recreation to medication
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Humans
Why your brain flips over visual illusions
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Health
Success, not size 0, makes women want to eat less
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Health
Oxytocin fails ‘trust elixir’ test
The hormone does make people more trusting, but not gullible, as many internet vendors would have us believe
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Health
Scalpels and skulls point to Bronze Age brain surgery
Opinion
Humans
The mind’s eye: How the brain sorts out what you see
Features
Health
Anticipation of pain makes it hurt more, even days later
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Mind
Skull electrodes give memory a boost
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