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Depression Recovery Can Be Hard To Measure − New Research On Deep Brain Stimulation Shows How Objective Biomarkers Could Help Make Treatment More Precise

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What Happens to Your Brain When You’re Under Anesthesia?

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How Do Our Dreams Evolve As We Age?

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Brain Scans Reveal That Loneliness Changes the Way We View the World

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How to Grow a Phantom Finger

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How Close Is Science to Solving the Problem of Consciousness?

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Bullying and Our Mental Health: How Does It Affect Our Kids' Brains?

Fight or Flight

If Anxiety Is In My Brain, Why Is My Heart Pounding? A Psychiatrist Explains The Neuroscience And Physiology Of Fear

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These Fruit Flies Aged Faster After Seeing Death

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What Are Lucid Dreams, and Are There Any Real Dangers To Them?

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What Does it Feel Like to Pass Out and What Causes Fainting?

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Can Animals Get Schizophrenia, or Is It Unique to Humans?

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