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A study in mice reveals how pregnancy hormones influence the brain’s reward system, helping explain why newborns become a mother’s priority.
Returning a tennis serve depends on one of the brain’s most remarkable abilities: predicting the future.
Two experts explain why staying focused, especially in our modern world, can be so hard.
We act fast on the basis of our predictions but learn most when we get it wrong, according to a new brain-scan study.
The fog new parents feel is real. But is it just sleep deprivation or is more going on?
Driving is a complex task, neurologically speaking. Two experts explain what driving does to your brain, and how you can stay alert on the road.
Some mornings it can feel like we’ve had a busy night of dreaming.
There’s a difference between using a tool to assist you, and using one to replace cognitive effort.
AI models that power self-driving cars work great in clear conditions, but turn blind in fog or at night.
Habit helps take the mental load off figuring out how to get somewhere. But relying on the familiar can make it harder to adapt to changes to your route and to find better ones.
That strange buzzing in your feet at heights isn’t fear, it’s your nervous system doing something quietly remarkable.
In adolescence, reading stimulates cognitive development and critical thinking.
Hiking to a breathtaking view or losing yourself in the roar of a crowd. A neuroscientist explains why awe can feel transformative – and improve your mental health.
Do people have a natural aversion to putting in the effort or wasting effort?
Understanding why people born blind never develop schizophrenia could transform how we think about and treat one of medicine’s most baffling conditions.
There is a deeper side to the brain which weaves your memories, goals, beliefs and emotions into a continuous sense of self.
Your brain doesn’t run out of space – it runs out of attention. The science of why two people can live the same moment and remember it very differently.
There’s a lot going on in your brain all the time. To power your imagination, the neurons need some silence.
Your brain isn’t just looking – it’s predicting. Here’s why that means you can stare straight at something and still not see it.
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Professor of Clinical Neuropsychology, University of Cambridge
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Penn State
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Senior Lecturer (Adjunct), Nutritional neuroscientist, Adelaide University
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Head of Developmental Psychobiology Lab, Deakin University
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