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Meta’s factchecker cut has sparked controversy – but the real threat is AI and neurotechnology
Brain monitoring may be the future of work – how it’s used could improve employee performance or worsen discrimination
Meldonium: the drug allegedly found in Mykhailo Mudryk’s doping test explained
Your lifestyle choices are already showing up on your brain and could be prematurely ageing it, study finds
Naloxone can reverse opioid overdose. Here’s why you might need some at home or in your bag
It’s hard to distinguish conscious from unconscious states in patients – a more precautionary approach is needed
Does yoga improve mental health? Victoria University researchers bend over backwards to find the answer
Intelligence Requires Whole Brain
New study shows how dementia affects the brain’s ability to empathise
5-day brain stimulation may prevent future pain
Music can change how you feel about the past
The pink elephant test: what your visual imagination predicts about your ability to control your thoughts
QIMR Berghofer depression discovery brings fresh hope for ‘melancholia’
How do brains coordinate activity? From fruit flies to monkeys, we discovered this universal principle
A surprising link between motor systems control and sleep rhythms
How close are we to an accurate AI fake news detector?
Electrical currents delivered to the brain at home may lead to significant reductions in depression symptoms – new research
Humans evolved to share beds – how your sleeping companions may affect you now
What you need to know about clonazepam, the drug found in Liam Payne’s hotel room
Existential uncertainty: how it affects your mind – and what you can do about it
Some people love to scare themselves in an already scary world − here’s the psychology of why
Magnetically regulated gene therapy tech offers precise brain-circuit control
Gazing at your dog can connect your brains, research shows
An interactive game for people suffering from nerve pain is heading to clinical trials
INBRAIN Neuroelectronics Announces World’s First Human Graphene-Based Brain Computer Interface Procedure
Mixed emotions – neuroscience is exploring how your brain lets you experience two opposite feelings at once
NeuRA researchers identify new functional brain imaging method
Brain Scanning Approach Shows Wiring Of Depression
AI tool to personalise brain stimulation therapy for major depression
Crashes, blackouts and climate tipping points: how can we tell when a system is close to the edge?
Study confirms frequency of undetected responsiveness in severe brain injury
Racism and discrimination lead to faster aging through brain network changes, new study finds
AIs encode language like brains do − opening a window on human conversations
Serotonin-producing neurons regulate malignancy in ependymoma brain tumors
We now know what a brain looks like on psilocybin – but what does that tell us?
Six ways to look after your brain health in your 20s and 30s
Brain Health And Prevention | World Brain Day
Open golf 2024: neuroscience reveals the secrets of better putting – new study
A novel and unique neural signature for depression revealed
Researchers Discover New Neural Biomarker For OCD
Think you’ve decided what to buy? Actually, your brain is still deciding – even as you put it in your basket
First public hospital in Australia to provide innovative incisionless surgery
Interest grows in fly agaric – but here’s why you shouldn’t confuse it with ‘magic mushrooms’
Unchartered waters: Swinburne explores how virtual sailing could treat major depressive disorder (MDD) in world first trial
Bipolar disorder: we’ve pinpointed the brain areas which drive mood bias
Making art is a uniquely human act, and one that provides a wellspring of health benefits
Research explores biology of pregnancy-related mental health risk
Precision laser surgery cuts focal epileptic seizure spread