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Brain science
Brain science
'Physics engine' found
Published Aug 8, 2016 Video
Researchers identify brain region that helps us predict how the world around us will behave
Brain science
Curb enthusiasm
Published July 27, 2016
Researchers pinpoint areas of the brain sensitive to even the tiniest borders, boundaries, and curbs
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Brain health
Can cutting calories help curb memory loss?
Published July 22, 2016
Fasting could help prevent neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, improve memory and mood / Johns Hopkins Health Review
Brain science
Free will in the brain
Published July 13, 2016 Video
JHU researchers glimpse the human brain making a purely voluntary decision to act
Cognitive science
Knowing vs. remembering
Published June 22, 2016 Video
How an artist, former pilot with amnesia defies conventional wisdom about memory
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Addiction
Driven to binge
Published May 31, 2016
Researchers locate what could be brain's trigger for binge behavior
Wendy Suzuki
Q+A
Finding her happy
Published April 11, 2016
For neuroscientist and author Wendy Suzuki, learning how exercise affects the brain has been a life-changing experience
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Brain science
How we know what's up
Published March 10, 2016
Scientists find neurons that use environmental cues to infer direction of gravity
Alphabet game
Expertise and perception
Published March 2, 2016
Objects look significantly different to people familiar with them, study suggests
Digital innovation
Thought exercise
Published Feb 26, 2016 Video
Man moves individual fingers on prosthetic arm using only his mind