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Religious people less anxious, brain activity shows
Deeply devout people exhibit lower activity in a brain region linked to anxiety when giving the wrong answer on a simple test, new research finds
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Duetting guitarists’ brains fire to the same beat
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‘Consciousness signature’ discovered spanning the brain
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Personality tests reveal the flip side of comedy
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Music lessons provide a workout for the brain
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Paradoxical gene causes and protects against Alzheimer’s
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Brain scan reveals memories of where you’ve been
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Why pets give us warm and fuzzy feelings
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High-speed brains are in the genes
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Seven ways to fool your sense of touch
It's surprisingly easy for your body to fool your brain. Graham Lawton puts his sense of touch to the test
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Tactile illusions 2: Perceptual rivalry
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Tactile illusions 3: Boxing clever
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Tactile illusions 5: Change numbness
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Tactile illusions 6: Motion after-effects
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