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Louis Viljoen

Health

Findings that many unconscious people may be aware is a wake-up call

Startling revelations of covert consciousness in 1 in 10 people in vegetative states makes their care more important than ever

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Mind

Fate vs free will: A new book clarifies the determinism debate

Culture

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Mind

How people with extreme imagination are helping explain consciousness

Features

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Health

Two brain-rejuvenating proteins have been identified in young blood

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Health

Brain scans reveal magic mushroom drug enhances mindfulness meditation

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Sophie Scott

Mind

Neuroscientist Sophie Scott on why we laugh and a love of thermostats

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Technology

The truth about lie detectors: They don't work and never have

Insight

Building bionic people and controlling computers with thought alone

Building bionic people and controlling computers with thought alone

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Mind

A touchy-feely part of the brain helps you enjoy a gentle caress

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Mind

People with autism are less likely to fall for an out-of-body illusion

A study involving a virtual avatar suggests that autistic people’s brains may generate a sense of self in a different way to those of people without autism

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Mind

It's not an illusion, you have free will. It's just not what you think

Features

Mind

Brain zap prison experiment suspended by Spanish government

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Mind

How neuroscience is exploding the myth of male and female brains

Features

Technology

Don't miss: Immersive memories, DIY starships and the secret of life

Culture

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