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Box jellyfish have no brains, yet were recently found to be able to learn from touch. Many brainless organisms are now forcing us to rethink what it means to learn.
Deep brain stimulation can help some people with treatment-resistant depression feel better, but it can be unclear whether a bout of low mood is a relapse or a bad day.
From dopamine hacking to dopamine detoxes, some people have sought to harness this brain chemical to improve their mood and productivity. But it’s far more complicated than that.
Although emotions like fear and anxiety originate in your brain, they ultimately travel through your body and make your heart race and your stomach twist.
While there is no guarantee of warding off cognitive decline, encouraging people to be physically, mentally and socially active could potentially keep a significant number of dementia cases at bay.
Music creates powerful memories and emotional connections in our brains.
An objective way to measure pain is the holy grail of pain research. Gamma waves may be part of the answer.
Brain samples of a thylacine that died in 1880 in Berlin were kept safe by researchers for decades. Now, they have finally been analysed.
Too few friends or too many friends can hamper children’s learning and cognition.
Africa is suffering from a silent, but costly, epidemic of fungal infections.
Are holidays really necessary, and why do we need them? And, above all, what are the benefits of a few days off? This is what science says.
Seizures are like sudden electrical storms in the brain that can cause lasting damage. A set of immune cells in the brain called microglia may provide protection.
Music therapy offers a flexible and accessible way of supporting wellbeing and addressing traumatic experiences.
Mind uploading could allow human consciousness to live on long after their body dies.
TENS machines for period pain are all over social media. But what are they? And do they work?
It is becoming increasingly clear that ADHD comes with self-control problems, suggesting therapy should be offered alongside drugs.
New research may upend our understanding of the brain, showing that travelling waves of neuronal excitation dominate the activity associated with our thoughts and feelings.
Transcranial alternating current stimulation, or tACS, is a type of brain stimulation that can change neural activity and improve memory, attention and executive function.
Brain injury survivors report the sport can give constant opportunities for learning and a way to reevaulate emotions.
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Professor of Clinical Neuropsychology, University of Cambridge
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