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Demystifying Molecular Mechanisms Of General Anesthesia
How did COVID masked faces impact NICU babies’ facial perception?
Telepathic device set to remove communication barrier for people with impaired speech
Free will: does refusing to believe in it make you a ‘bad’ person? Research is challenging this old idea
Curtinnovation finalists breaking new ground in health, AI, safety and more
Women Sleep Better Than Men – But Experience Opposite
Printed Manga May Give Brain Storytelling Advantage
Alzheimer’s-linked protein found to shape long-term memories
Study reveals brain changes linked to alcohol addiction recovery
Quantum sensors use atoms, electrons and light as ultra-steady rulers – detecting faint motion, magnetism and gravity for navigation, medicine and science
Short exposures to common air pollutants shown to have distinct impacts on lung function and brain activity
Long-term study sheds new light on autism and ADHD in childhood
Does 432Hz tuning improve your wellbeing? A music psychologist unpacks the evidence
AI Matches Human Teachers: HKUST Study Finds a Brief Pre-Lecture Chat Boosts Students’ Brain Synchrony and Learning Outcomes
?Cyclists feel safer than they really are on busy streets, study finds
University of Canterbury study challenges reading strategies for autistic children
How scientists changed their view of insomnia
Scientists On Hunt For High-stress Brainwaves
HKUST Team Unveils Innovative Technology for Precise Reading and Control of Brain Circuits to Advance Brain Disease Research
How does imagination really work in the brain? New theory upends what we knew
Chaos In Heart And Brain
6 ways your smartwatch is lying to you, according to science
Are we ever truly free to make decisions? New study tracks a universal process in the brain
Your brain for sale? The new frontier of neural data
How to build a digital ‘twin’ of the human brain – what existing models overlook
Agro-Healing Programs Show Positive Effects on Mental Health and Well-Being Across Age Groups
How the menstrual cycle can make or break an athlete’s performance
How psychedelics push your brain to dream while awake – new study
When your eyelids become a cinema screen: what strobing light reveals about the brain
Australian consortium to develop quantum biotechnology platform to transform Alzheimer’s treatment discovery
The ‘first-night effect’: why it’s hard to sleep when you’re somewhere new
Why it’s funnier when you’re not allowed to laugh
Can a psychedelic-induced mystical experience really improve your mental health?
Why your brain has to work harder in an open-plan office than private offices: study
Neurostimulation: what is really happening when we electrically talk to the brain?
Genetic Study Shows: Anxiety Disorders Have Many Causes
Altered brain connection found in people with ME/CFS and Long COVID
Scientists once thought the brain couldn’t be changed. Now we know different
Your brain can be trained, much like your muscles – a neurologist explains how to boost your brain health
Fruit fly pigmentation guides discovery of genes that control brain dopamine and sleep
Gazing into the mind’s eye with mice – how neuroscientists are seeing human vision more clearly
How scientists are growing computers from human brain cells – and why they want to keep doing it
Study reveals unexpected link between dopamine and serotonin in the brain
Gut microbes may have links with sleep deprivation
Brain Circuit Controlling Compulsive Behaviour Mapped
Dancing On Brain
When we see someone being touched, our brains automatically simulate how it feels
Autistic dogs? Neurodiversity in our pets and what it might mean for us