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Brain implant for OCD surprisingly helps alleviate diabetes too
A person who has a brain implant for OCD has had an unexpected side-effect: better blood sugar control. The finding reveals the brain has a role in diabetes
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Aha! What happens in your brain when you have a lightbulb moment
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The woman who laughs uncontrollably when others get tickled
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DeepMind AI developed navigation neurons to solve a maze like us
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Elements of surprise: What fiction plots tell us about our minds
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Smart people literally have bigger brain cells than the rest
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Why growing human brain tissue in a dish is an ethical minefield
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Tune in your head? Mind-reading tech can guess how it sounds
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Your mind is not an iceberg 鈥� there’s nothing under the surface
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Brain zap can make people re-experience old dreams while awake
While d茅j脿-vu is a false feeling of familiarity, d茅j脿-r锚v茅 is a rare experience of suddenly recalling a dream 鈥� and it can be sparked by zapping the brain
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People with Tourette’s may be better at learning without trying
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This Idea is Brilliant: writing about knowing
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Depriving the brain of a sense may improve stroke recovery
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The books and ideas that will shape the year ahead
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