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The evolution of life on Earth 'almost predictably' led to human intelligence, neuroscientist says
Interview Neuroscientist Nikolay Kukushkin spoke to Live Science about how human consciousness evolved.
CTE may stem from rampant inflammation and DNA damage
New research shows that CTE may stem from DNA damage and inflammation set in motion by blows to the head.
'As if a shudder ran from its brain to its body': The neuroscientists that learned to control memories in rodents
In this adapted excerpt from "How to Change a Memory," author and neuroscientist Steve Ramirez recounts the events that led him and his colleagues to discover memories could be artificially controlled in rodents by zapping their brains with lasers.
Do people dream in color or black and white?
Whether we report having dreams in color or in black and white may be influenced by the media we watch, or perhaps that simply influences the way we remember them.
You don't need to be very happy to avoid an early death from chronic disease, study finds
A new study suggests that being happier could help reduce your risk of dying prematurely from chronic diseases like cancer, diabetes and heart disease. But the threshold at which this happiness effect kicks in is fairly low.
New study reveals why time seems to move faster the older we get
A new study hints that age-related changes in our brains may explain why time feels like it's slipping away faster with every passing year.
How do our brains wake up?
How do we go from sound asleep to awake in the blink of an eye?
Diagnostic dilemma: A brain lesion gave a woman a lifetime of joyless laughing fits
A woman had experienced sudden bursts of uncontrolled laughter her whole life. A brain scan revealed why.
Scientists used AI to map uncharted areas of the mouse brain
A new brain map details regions of the organ that had previously been difficult to chart.
In 'Secrets of the Brain,' Jim Al-Khalili explores 600 million years of brain evolution to understand what makes us human
In his new BBC show, Jim Al-Khalili journeys through hundreds of millions of years of brain evolution. Live Science spoke to him about what he learned along the way and how this knowledge sheds new light on human cognition.
