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Digitally generated computer graphic illustration image of a human brain with a modeling clay texture.

Human brains aren't as plastic as you might think

By Tamar Makin, John Krakauer published

The idea of treating neurological disorders by marshaling vast unused neural reserves is more wishful thinking than reality.

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Closeup of a woman's nose and lips as she smells a pink rose.

The brain may interpret smells from each nostril differently

By Rebecca Sohn published

There might be an advantage to separating scent information from each nostril, a new study hints.

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Composition of human face wire-frame and fractal elements with metaphorical relationship to mind, reason, thought, mental powers and mystic consciousness.

Consciousness can't be explained by brain chemistry alone, one philosopher argues

By Philip Goff published

We can account for the evolution of consciousness only if we crack the philosophy, as well as the physics, of the brain.

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a bright green squiggle of nerves shown near a hair follicle, depicted as a dense, bright purple structure

Scientists discover new way humans feel touch

By Emily Cooke published

Hair follicle cells sense touch and release chemicals that activate nearby neurons, scientists reveal.

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This microscope image shows the "wires" extending from neurons (multicolor) interacting with a specialized type of neuron called an interneuron (red) in the human cerebral cortex. The interneuron has a hairlike antenna called the primary cilium (also red) that's hidden within the meshwork in the upper-right corner.

3D map plots human brain-cell 'antennae' in exquisite detail

By Emily Cooke published

A new map of 56,000 cells in the outer layer of the human brain could inform research into a whole class of diseases.

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Colorful x-ray photograph of a human brain. The fiber tracts involved in aging. The splenium and genu of the corpus callosum, the fornix and the cingulum bundle.

Menstrual cycle linked to structural changes across whole brain

By Rebecca Sohn published

A study of 30 women with regular menstrual cycles suggests that the structure of the brain fluctuates in time with hormonal shifts.

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close up of the face of a Rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) pictured outside

New 'atlas' of a monkey brain maps 4.2 million cells

By Nicola Williams published

Scientists have published a new atlas of a primate brain with single-cell resolution.

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brain cells in the cerebellum pictured in a bright blue color

Most detailed human brain map ever contains 3,300 cell types

By Nicoletta Lanese published

The most detailed atlas of the human brain ever devised includes many cell types we've never seen before.

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Close-up of a neuron on a black background that is firing (as shown by yellow glowing dots) with interconnected neurons in the background

The brain has a 'tell' for when it's recalling a false memory, study suggests

By Emily Cooke published

Specific patterns of electrical activity in the hippocampus may indicate whether someone is about to misremember an event.

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Blue micrograph shows the activity of neurons in the hippocampus of a rat as shown by white flecks

Neurons aren't the only cells that make memories in the brain, rodent study reveals

By Emily Cooke published

Blood-vessel-making cells called pericytes collaborate with neurons to form long-term memories in the mouse brain.

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