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A type of brainwave may help clean your brain while you sleep

Slow waves of electrical activity through your brain may help rinse away its waste products while you sleep. The process seems to go awry in Alzheimer's disease

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Europe’s first home brain-zap device for depression launched in UK

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How does consciousness work? A radical theory has mind-blowing answers

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Newly discovered brain cells help us recall where we last saw objects

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Depression may reduce the amount of white matter in the brain

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Depression may reduce the amount of white matter in the brain

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Your body's hidden language: How smell reveals more than you ever knew

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Your body's hidden language: How smell reveals more than you ever knew

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Description:Human brain. Coloured composite image with three-dimensional (3D) Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scan of the left hemisphere of a healthy brain. The primary motor cortex is coloured orange, and is involved in controlling movement. The primary somatosensory cortex is coloured turquoise, and receives all sensory input from the body for processing.

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Supercomputer simulates 77,000 neurons in the brain in real-time

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Man sees the world in miniature after a stroke damages his brain

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Dean Burnett on why disruptive teens might have saved the human race

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Dean Burnett on why disruptive teens might have saved the human race

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Am I addicted? The truth behind being hooked on gaming, sex or porn

Urges to play video games, watch pornography or have sex are now spoken of as addictions. Is the science rigorous, or are we just helping people excuse their behaviour?

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A single severe head injury can trigger long-term brain damage

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How what you eat directly influences your mental health

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Mini-brains grown in a lab show neural activity like preterm babies

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