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Near-death experiences may be triggered by serotonin
The bright light at the end of a tunnel which some people close to death describe may result from a neurotransmitter flood in the brain
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Universal intelligence: One test to rule them all
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Manhattan memory project: How 9/11 changed our brains
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The secret life of pronouns
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Quantum minds: Why we think like quarks
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REM sleep could prompt life-saving decisions
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Powerful magnets hamper our ability to lie
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Alzheimer’s clue homes in on musical memory
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Heal thyself: Think positive
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Natural brain state is primed to learn
Learning and recall is easier when a region of the brain called the parahippocampal place area shows a less-than-typical level of activity
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Brain’s synaptic pruning continues into your 20s
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Riot-ology: can science explain why riots spread?
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UK riots: Why respectable people turned to looting
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Reality check: Why dreams aren’t what they seem
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