No wonder we’re addicted to junk food. Neuroscience shows food packaging affects our enjoyment of these foods, and plays on the same brain processes as hard drug addiction.
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What you say may matter more than how you say it.
Terrifying accounts of surgery 200 years ago remind us how far general anaesthesia has come. Yet we still know little about how anaesthetics alter consciousness.
Study shows that multiple body parts can make use of the brain’s ‘hand area’ in people with only one hand.
Electrical brain stimulation is used to treat a range of conditions, from depression to epilepsy. But how confident can we be that it works?
Laughing at inappropriate moments could be an early sign of dementia, while injury to the front part of the brain could make you lose your sense of sarcasm.
From the Amazon to Nicaragua, there are humans who never learn numbers. What can these anumeric cultures teach us about ourselves?
A review of studies in psychology and neuroscience shows we are well on the way to understanding what goes on in our brains when we are hypnotised.
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This episode of The Anthill podcast delves into the world of memory. We talk to psychologists, historians and political scientists about how and why we remember some things and forget others.
Scientists invented chemical weapons; some are now working to destroy them. New biomolecular design techniques let researchers design proteins that can destroy nerve agents in bodies.
Brain-computer interfacing is a hot topic in the tech world, with Elon Musk’s announcement of his new Neuralink startup. Here, researchers separate what’s science from what’s currently still fiction.
Talking therapy or antidepressants? An MRI scan could reveal what would work for you.
There’s both money and prestige invested in the simple idea that different brain areas are responsible for certain functions. But that doesn’t make it true.
They shoot, they score … if there’s a sugary reward at the end of it.
Millions of people claim to have had encounters with aliens, but most can be explained by psychology rather than UFOs.
Neuroscience can now make a difference in the lives of people with severe brain injury, but will they get the care they deserve? More than a question of entitlements, this is an issue of civil rights.
In men and older women, a complicated thinking test appeared to overwhelm the part of the brain also responsible for moving one of their arms. They could only do one or the other.
Can new ways of using electric currents to stimulate the brain help reduce symptoms of one of the most debilitating eating disorders?
Three stories about researchers who have dabbled in self-experimentation – with varying results.
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The more we have to defend our choice to others, the more certain we become that we are right. So what can we do about it?
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Professor of Clinical Neuropsychology, University of Cambridge
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Penn State
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Head of Developmental Psychobiology Lab, Deakin University
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Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, Bangor University
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Professor Emeritus of Cognitive NeuroImaging, Aston University
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Associate Professor of Family & Community Medicine and Pediatrics, retired, University of California, San Francisco
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