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The pandemic may have aged our brains even before we caught covid-19

The covid-19 pandemic changed our lives, and the world, in many ways - and now we are starting to understand its wider neurological effects

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A youthful brain and immune system may be key to a long life

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Developing brain cells from the hippocampus growing in culture

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Do we grow new brain cells as adults? The answer seems to be yes

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Somerville, MA - October 27: Pria Anand is a neurologist and the author of The Mind Electric, out from Simon & Schuster (U.S.) and Little, Brown (U.K.) in June 2025 on October 27, 2024 in Somerville, MA. ( David Degner / www.DavidDegner.com )

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Spellbinding debut book explores the marvels of our brains

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The word 'language' being highlighted in a dictionary.

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Ancient humans only evolved language once, but why?

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A tadpole, stained with immunofluorescence to visualise its internal anatomy, that had the brain-tracking device implanted as an embryo

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Cyborg tadpoles are helping us learn how brain development starts

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Massaging the neck and face may help flush waste out of the brain

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We’re about to unlock the secrets of ancient human brains

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How your whole imagination is conjured up from three brain processes

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How your whole imagination is conjured up from three brain processes

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Can imagining a better future really make it come true?

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Can imagining a better future really make it come true?

Manifestation is easy to dismiss as unscientific nonsense. Certain techniques used in the practice, though, do work — just not in the magical way some people think, as neuroscientist Sabina Brennan elucidates

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The four types of imagination and how they create our worlds

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Your imagination doesn’t get worse as you age – but it does change

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Can training your sense of smell help reverse cognitive decline?

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How to boost your brain power just by changing how you breathe

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