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Fasting may boost brainpower by giving neurons more energy
Some people who fast regularly, like those following the 5:2 diet, feel mentally sharper. Now evidence in mice may explain how fasting boosts brainpower
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A boy is missing the vision bit of his brain but can still see
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Addicted to tech? A brain chemical imbalance may be to blame
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Teenage brains can鈥檛 tell what鈥檚 important and what isn鈥檛
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Mind menders: how psychedelic drugs rebuild broken brains
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Want to think outside of the box? Try sniffing a placebo
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Brain-zap therapy may throw people with depression into a rage
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You can trust me: Five shortcuts to show that you鈥檙e for real
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Your autopilot mode is real – now we know how the brain does it
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The dearth of women in tech is nothing to do with testosterone
Arguments over the causes of the gender gap in STEM jobs rage on. It's not due to hormones or innate brain differences, says Lise Eliot
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Side effects are worse when we think medication looks expensive
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Blind people repurpose the brain’s visual areas for language
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I found a way to communicate with people trapped in their bodies
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We ignore what doesn鈥檛 fit with our biases 鈥� even if it costs us
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