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Mind

Chronic pain

Therapy Targeted at Controlling Emotions Could Help Ease Chronic Physical Pain

Playground in Tiny Town

When Navigating a Tiny Virtual Town, Children's Brains Create Detailed Maps

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Around 25 Percent of Your Mental Health Risk Is Tied to Your Personality

Road to happiness

There Is No Single Road to Happiness, and It All Depends on the Individual

Doctor using ultrasound scanning machine

How to Hack Depression and Other Mood Disorders with Ultrasound

Setting, Acute Reaction and Mental Health History Shape Ayahuasca's Longer-term Psychological Effects

Psychedelic Ayahuasca Could Produce Either Positive or Negative Mental Health Effects

Patient in nature

Experiencing Nature Both in Reality and Virtually Could Ease Pain

Dopamine source

Mice Forget Their Fears Thanks to the Flow of Dopamine Through Their Brains

Woman sleeping in bed

Sleep Secures Past Memories and Prepares Our Brains for Future Learning

Woman taking a digital detox

What Happens to Our Brains When We Go Through a Digital Detox

Woman holding phone trying to remember something

What’s Going On Inside Your Brain When Your Mind Goes Blank?

Micro-dosing psychedelics

Microdosing Psychedelics as Treatment Could Increase Flexible Thinking

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