The Fine Line Between Life and Not Life
If the brain can’t tell the difference between fiction and reality, what can?
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A New Doorway to the Brain
Neuroscientists can now explore the “wild west” in our heads in incredible detail—a boon to medicine and understanding what makes us tick.
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Are All Brains Good at Math?
Math provokes dread in so many people—yet we are all born with a sense for numbers.
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How Your Brain Fills in the Blanks with Experience
Our neurocircuitry is profoundly shaped by a lifetime of learning.
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How the Brain Allows the Deaf to Experience Music
Our sensory systems for hearing and touch overlap to stir a wealth of emotions.
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Under Anesthesia, Where Do Our Minds Go?
To better understand our brains and design safer anesthesia, scientists are turning to EEG.
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No Two Human Brains Are Alike
The uniqueness of each mind is written in its ever-changing circuitry.
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Why I Couldn’t Get Over My Brother’s Death
Everybody told me my grief would relent in a year. It only got worse. Was there something wrong with me?
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Painkillers That Don’t Kill
Scientists are getting closer to designing safer, more targeted pain drugs to replace opioids.
