Neuroscience

  1. Neuroscience

    That’s Disgusting

    Unraveling the Mysteries of Repulsion by Rachel Herz.

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  2. Neuroscience

    When video games mess with brains, something good happens, sometimes

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  3. Neuroscience

    Demystifying the Mind

    A special report on the scientific struggle to explain the conscious self.

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  4. Neuroscience

    Self as Symbol

    The loopy nature of consciousness trips up scientists studying themselves.

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  5. Neuroscience

    Emblems of Awareness

    Brain signatures lead scientists to the seat of consciousness.

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  6. Health & Medicine

    Going Under

    While every anesthetic drug has its own effect, scientists know little about how the various versions work on the brain to transport patients from normal waking awareness to dreamless nothingness.

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  7. Neuroscience

    The Tell-Tale Brain

    A Neuroscientist's Quest for What Makes Us Human by V.S. Ramachandran.

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  8. Neuroscience

    Stefan Koelsch’s music research

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  9. Psychology

    Joint attention provides clues to autism and cooperation

    Psychologists and philosophers convene to discuss the roots of shared knowledge at a meeting in Waltham, Mass.

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  10. Life

    Book Review: The Root of Thought: Unlocking Glia–The Brain Cell That Will Help Us Sharpen Our Wits, Heal Injury, and Treat Brain Disease by Andrew Koob

    Review by Tina Hesman Saey.

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  11. Neuroscience

    Book Review: Deep Brain Stimulation: A New Treatment Shows Promise in the Most Difficult Cases by Jamie Talan

    Review by Nathan Seppa.

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  12. Neuroscience

    It’s written all over your face

    To potential mates, your mug may reveal more than you think.

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