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Huge dose of brain chemical dopamine may have made us smart

Humans

Huge dose of brain chemical dopamine may have made us smart

Two “thinking” regions of human brains are much richer in a neurotransmitter called dopamine than the equivalent brain regions in apes and monkeys

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Your eardrums move in sync with your eyes but we don’t know why

Health

Your eardrums move in sync with your eyes but we don’t know why

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Theatre takes a technological leap to probe the nature of memory

Health

Theatre takes a technological leap to probe the nature of memory

Culture

Your brain fills gaps in your hearing without you realising

Health

Your brain fills gaps in your hearing without you realising

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Sociable woodpeckers that cooperate have evolved smaller brains

Life

Sociable woodpeckers that cooperate have evolved smaller brains

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Monkeys should be able to talk just like us – so why don't they?

Life

Monkeys should be able to talk just like us – so why don't they?

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Brain stimulation guides people through an invisible maze

Technology

Brain stimulation guides people through an invisible maze

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How our brains recall celebrities is mirrored by search engines

Health

How our brains recall celebrities is mirrored by search engines

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Technology

‘I’m more confident’: Paralysed woman’s life after brain implant

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First home brain implant lets ‘locked-in’ woman communicate

Technology

First home brain implant lets ‘locked-in’ woman communicate

After training on whack-a-mole and Pong, a woman paralysed by ALS has become the first person to use a brain implant at home, communicating by thought alone

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Life

Giggling rats reveal the most ticklish part of our brains

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Health

Best look yet at how our brain's sewage system flushes out waste

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Life

Watch brainy zoo animals figure out a box puzzle to get at food

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