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New brain implant can decode a person's 'inner monologue'A new brain-computer interface can decode a person's inner speech, which could help people with paralysis communicate.
By Skyler Ware Published
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No-sugar sweetener erythritol may pose risk to cells in the brainA popular zero-calorie sweetener could injure cells in the brain's blood vessels, a lab study finds. Here's what we know so far.
By Isha Ishtiaq Published
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When your mind goes 'blank,' your brain activity resembles deep sleep, scans revealNeuroscientists think moments of "mind blanking" could be a way for the brain to protect itself.
By Roberta McLain Published
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Warm and cool temperatures travel on completely different paths to the brainResearchers have mapped out the neural pathway that humans use to perceive cool temperatures and found that it's separate from the one for sensing heat.
By Perri Thaler Published
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Dementia: What are the signs and symptoms of dementia, and how is it treated?Learn about dementia, how it affects people, how it's diagnosed and what treatments are available.
By Shira Gordon Published
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Mental 'time travel' may help restore fading memoriesA new study suggests that recalling the context in which a memory was made can help to restore the memory after it has started to erode.
By RJ Mackenzie Published
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Memories aren't static in the brain — they 'drift' over timeA new mouse study of spatial memory suggests that the brain's representation of places "drifts" over time.
By Nicoletta Lanese Published
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New pocket-size model of ALS 'breathes and flows like human tissue'A stem-cell-based "organ-on-a-chip" model of ALS mimics early biological changes seen in the degenerative disease.
By Isha Ishtiaq Published
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Can your brain run out of memory?Your memory relies on reusing, overlapping and adapting rather than on a fixed number of storage spots.
By Roberta McLain Published
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