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In the Lab Sharon Begley

Is that my hand? How your brain falls for the ‘rubber hand illusion’

In the Lab Sharon Begley

The bigger the yawn, the bigger the brain, scientists find

In the Lab Associated Press

5 decisions that made the Nobel Prizes look bad

Quick Take Leah Samuel

5 bizarre accidents that people survived against all odds

In the Lab Usha Lee McFarling

Peter Walter just won the Breakthrough Prize. His work? Trying to heal human brains

Business Rebecca Robbins

Brain drain? Lumosity reels after federal crackdown on online ‘brain training’

In the Lab Anna Vlasits

As brain maps proliferate, scientists aim to sync them up

In the Lab Suzanna Masih

Watch: New treatment offers some hope for an unshakable tremor

In the Lab Usha Lee McFarling

Jump starting the brain: Experimental device suggests new path to rousing coma patients

In the Lab Andrew Joseph

With brain training and an exoskeleton, paraplegics seem to regain some feeling in their legs

In the Lab Sharon Begley

In living color: New technique sees gene activity in human brains

In the Lab Sharon Begley

MIT challenges New York Times over book on famous brain patient

Gut Check Sharon Begley

Can music enhance brain waves and improve Olympic wrestlers’ performance?

Health Associated Press

Special drug rushed to help brain-eating amoeba patient

In the Lab Anna Vlasits

After another stumble, is fMRI brain scanning learning from its mistakes?

In the Lab Carl Zimmer

In patients under hypnosis, scientists find distinctive patterns in the brain

Health Sharon Begley

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Is that my hand? How your brain falls for the ‘rubber hand illusion’

The bigger the yawn, the bigger the brain, scientists find

5 decisions that made the Nobel Prizes look bad

5 bizarre accidents that people survived against all odds

Peter Walter just won the Breakthrough Prize. His work? Trying to heal human brains

Brain drain? Lumosity reels after federal crackdown on online ‘brain training’

As brain maps proliferate, scientists aim to sync them up

Watch: New treatment offers some hope for an unshakable tremor

Jump starting the brain: Experimental device suggests new path to rousing coma patients

With brain training and an exoskeleton, paraplegics seem to regain some feeling in their legs

In living color: New technique sees gene activity in human brains

MIT challenges New York Times over book on famous brain patient

Can music enhance brain waves and improve Olympic wrestlers’ performance?

Special drug rushed to help brain-eating amoeba patient

After another stumble, is fMRI brain scanning learning from its mistakes?

In patients under hypnosis, scientists find distinctive patterns in the brain

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