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Music lessons provide a workout for the brain
Scanning child musicians before and after periods of musical training has shown that learning an instrument produces beneficial changes in 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
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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
Another classic visual illusion is the waterfall illusion, which relies on tiring out your visual neurons
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Tactile illusions 7: Parchment skin
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‘Mad cow’ protein may keep brain cells chatting
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‘Theory of mind’ could help explain belief in God
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‘Hair blindness’ likely to exist in humans
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