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A study in Finland found that kids with pediatric brain injuries, mild concussions included, were significantly less likely to go to college.
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After a Single Concussion, Kids Are 15 Percent Less Likely to Go to College

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Researchers found that accelerating the brain's waste removal system could have tremendous implications for our memory.
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New “Brain Cleaning” Technique Improves Memory in Aging Mice

By Victor Tangermann

Meta has developed a device that reconstruct entire sentences simply by reading neural signals — without the need of a brain implant.
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Meta Appears to Have Invented a Device Allowing You to Type With Your Brain

By Frank Landymore

A groundbreaking brain implant has allowed a paralyzed man to control a virtual drone and fly it through an obstacle course.
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Paralyzed Man Can Now Fly Drone Using Brain Implant

By Frank Landymore

The latest research suggests that addictively consuming mind-numbing digital content may almost literally be rotting our brains.
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“Brain Rot” Is Poisoning Our Minds

By Frank Landymore

Researchers at Caltech have calculated exactly how fast the human brain processes information — and the numbers are hilariously low.
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You’ll Laugh When You Hear How Many Bits Per Second the Human Brain Processes… Once Your Sluggish Human Brain Finally Comprehends It, That Is

By Victor Tangermann

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Scientists Teach Rats to Drive Tiny Cars, Discover That They Love Revving the Engine

By Noor Al-Sibai

Brett Favre, ex-Green Bay Packers quarterback, said he has the brain disorder Parkinson's disease, likely caused by countless concussions.
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Brett Favre Says He Has Parkinson’s, Likely From Countless Concussions

By Sharon Adarlo

About a third of surveyed former NFL players in a new study think they have CTE, which stands for chronic traumatic encephalopathy.
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One Out of Three Former NFL Players Think They Have CTE, the Traumatic Brain Disease Linked to Murders and Suicides

By Sharon Adarlo

In a tweet, Neuralink patient Noland Arbaugh revealed that he's spending roughly three hours a day learning French and Japanese.
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First Neuralink Patient Using It to Learn New Languages

By Victor Tangermann

Neuralink's second human participant is already playing first-person shooter game "Counter-Strike 2" by using his mind for controls.
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Latest Patient Implanted With Neuralink Is Using It to Play “Counter-Strike 2”

By Victor Tangermann

The bad news: scientists have discovered two new dementia risk factors. The good news: these new risk factors are "modifiable."
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Two New Dementia Risk Factors Have Been Uncovered — And You Can Actually Do Something About Them

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A group of experts are saying that Trump's speech patterns have deteriorated in recent years, a big sign of worsening cognitive health.
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Analysis of Trump’s Speech Finds Signs of Cognitive Decline

By Sharon Adarlo

Scientists have found a way to control the minds of mice by manipulating nanoparticle-activated "switches" inside their brains with magnets.
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Scientists Use Nanoparticles to Remote Control Brains of Mice

By Victor Tangermann

As scientists continue brains in labs, one neuroscientist is asking the hard question: can lab-grown brains ever truly be conscious?
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Scientists Are Growing Brains in Labs. Could They Become Conscious?

By Noor Al-Sibai

The scientists pulled this karaoke stunt to embarrass their participants, and ultimately, to understand why we blush.
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Devious Scientists Scan People’s Brains While They Watch Video of Themselves Singing Karaoke

By Frank Landymore

His findings showed that psilocybin "desynchronized" the brain, but also produced subtle, lasting effects in boosting plasticity.
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Scientist Takes High Dose of Psilocybin, Clambers Into MRI Machine to Scan His Own Brain

By Frank Landymore

An analysis of over 100,000 medical records found that Ozempic users had a far lower dementia risk than those that took other diabetes drugs.
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Ozempic Linked to Significantly Reduced Dementia Risk

By Frank Landymore

Night owls or people who do their best work at night have higher cognitive function than people who are morning birds.
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Night Owls Have Superior Cognitive Function, Study Finds

By Sharon Adarlo

The White House revealed in a letter yesterday that a Parkinson's disease specialist visited President Joe Biden repeatedly.
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White House Admits Parkinson’s Specialist Repeatedly Evaluated President Biden

By Sharon Adarlo

Scientists in Japan reversed the signs of Alzheimer’s in lab mice by restoring the healthy function of neuron synapses in their brains.
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Scientists Reverse Alzheimer’s Synapse Damage in Mice

By Sharon Adarlo

The writer of a new Donald Trump biography said the ex-president couldn't remember him on their second meeting.
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Journalist Says Trump Suffered “Severe Memory Problems” During Extensive Interviews

By Noor Al-Sibai

The neurons of our brains may exist at a critical point between two states of matter that can't be distinguished,
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Human Neurons Are Stuck Between Shifting Phases of Matter, Scientists Say

By Frank Landymore

A startup in Switzerland has built a unique computer processor made from 16 tiny brains made from human tissue, basically a living computer.
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Scientists Connect 16 Mini Brains Made of Human Tissue to Create a “Living Computer”

By Sharon Adarlo

In a gruesome video, a biologist proposes that doctors can perform head transplants by using advanced robotics and artificial intelligence.
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This Deranged Plan to Transplant a Human Head From One Body to Another Might Be the Dumbest Thing We’ve Ever Seen

By Sharon Adarlo

Despite issues manifesting in its first implantee, the FDA has given Neuralink the green light to implant a brain chip in a second patient.
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Neuralink Jamming Wires Deeper Into Second Patient’s Brain

By Noor Al-Sibai

Doctors administered the "love hormone" oxytocin to patients suffering from feelings of loneliness, with intriguing results.
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Doctors Administer Oxytocin Nasal Spray to Lonely People

By Jon Christian

Neuralink cofounder Elon Musk is now seeking a second volunteer to receive the company's next experimental brain implant.
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After Accident With First Patient, Neuralink Seeks Volunteer for Second Implant

By Jon Christian

A Chinese company announced that they have successfully developed a brain chip and implanted it into a monkey.
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China Shows Off Monkey With Brain Chip Allowing It to Control Robotic Arm

By Sharon Adarlo

The brain computer interface (BCI) device can be used by inexperienced patients to play games within just a few sessions.
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New Brain Cap Lets People Play Video Games With Their Minds

By Frank Landymore

Results from a study suggests that transfusions of blood, bone marrow, organs and other biological matter can spread Alzheimer's Disease.
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Alzheimer’s May Spread Through Blood Transfusions, Scientists Find

By Sharon Adarlo

People’s brains have gotten bigger compared to those born in the 1930s, according to research, and that bigger brains may stave off dementia.
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Scientists Find Human Brains Are Getting Larger and Larger

By Sharon Adarlo

The first person to ever get a Neuralink transplant previously had questions about the company — but his concerns, apparently, were quelled. 
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Neuralink Told Its First Human Patient Not to Worry About Those Gruesome Monkey Deaths

By Noor Al-Sibai

The first person to ever get a Neuralink implant in their brain learned about the company when a friend called him under the influence.
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Neuralink’s First Patient Heard About Brain Implant in Drunk-Dial From Friend

By Noor Al-Sibai

A 58-year-old man suffered from a rare neurological-visual disorder called prosopometamorphopsia, in which people look like demons.
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Rare Neurological Condition Makes Man See Every Face as a Demon

By Sharon Adarlo

A livestream by Neuralink on Wednesday introduces the public for the first time to the first human recipient of its brain implant.
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Paralyzed Neuralink Patient Playing “Civilization VI” With His Mind

By Frank Landymore

Neurobiologists researched the mysterious mechanism behind generalized fear in the brain and uncovered a method that may possibly stop it.
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Scientists Discover “Switch” That May Turn Off PTSD Fear Response

By Sharon Adarlo

A big red flag, according to researchers, is that Neuralink has barely been sharing any information at all.
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Doctors Concerned About Neuralink’s First Patient

By Frank Landymore

Researchers found that certain lifestyle choices warded off dementia symptoms in patients whose brains already contained Alzheimer's makers.
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If You Have Signs of Dementia, Doctors Found a Way to Help

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A team of scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison claim to have 3D-printed functional human brain tissue for the first time.
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Scientists 3D Print Functional Human Brain Tissue

By Victor Tangermann

Patients who received the cadaver hormones when they were children in a banned medical practice show signs of Alzheimer's decades later.
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Alzheimer’s Spread Through Growth Hormones Extracted From Cadavers, Scientists Say

By Frank Landymore

A new study suggests that daily smoking can shrink your brain, leading to dementia and Alzheimer's disease.
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Smoking Cigarettes Does Something Horrifying to Your Brain, Scientists Find

By Sharon Adarlo

Researchers have created a "biocomputer" from lab-grown human brain tissue and electronic circuits that can perform voice recognition.
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Computer Made From Human Brain Cells Can Perform Voice Recognition

By Victor Tangermann

Congress members have urged the SEC to investigate Elon Musk for lying about how monkeys were treated at Neuralink.
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Lawmakers Demand Investigation Into Carnage at Neuralink

By Frank Landymore

A study says that kids who often drink soda are more impulsive, have bad working memory, and may drink alcohol in the future.
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Kids Who Drink Lots of Soda Found to Show More Impulsive Behavior, Worse Working Memory

By Sharon Adarlo

A new paper suggests that marathon runners' bodies might turn to the myelin sheath as a mid-race energy source.
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Marathon Runners’ Bodies Appear to Be Devouring Brain Tissue, Scientists Say

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Scientists in the United Kingdom have pinpointed a physiological response from hearing someone mangle the English grammar in a new study.
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Hearing Bad Grammar Causes Physical Distress, Scientists Find

By Sharon Adarlo

Robert Sapolsky, a Stanford neurobiologist, thinks "free will" is really just the culmination of biology, upbringing, and circumstance.
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Neuroscientist Says We Don’t Have Free Will After All

By Frank Landymore

Neuralink scientists kept the monkey alive even thought it was clear that it was already terminal from its severe brain swelling.
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Autopsy Found That Neuralink Implant “Ruptured” Monkey’s Brain

By Frank Landymore

A growing body of research shows that poor dental health is linked with cognitive decline and Alzheimer's disease.
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Research Suggests That Bad Dental Health May Increase Risk of Dementia

By Frank Landymore

Elon Musk says that no monkey "has died as a result of a Neuralink implant" and that Neuralink only tests on terminally ill animals.
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Elon Musk Says Neuralink Tests Only on Terminally Ill Monkeys

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

New research that studied thousands of twins who suffered a concussion early in life has grim implications on cognitive decline.
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If You Had a Concussion When You Were Younger, Scientists Have Bad News

By Frank Landymore

Mitch McConnell's freezing spells have once again perturbed the nation, but there's apparently nothing happening that brain scans can see. 
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Mitch McConnell’s Doctor Says His Brain Scans Are Clear

By Noor Al-Sibai

The device not only converts brain signals into text, but transforms it into full-blown speech embodied in a digtal look-a-like.
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New Brain Implant Allows Paralyzed Patient to Communicate Through Digital Avatar

By Frank Landymore

Scientists are calling a new drug called donanemab a "turning point" in the fight against Alzheimer's. A trial showed promising results.
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New Drug Hailed as “Turning Point” in Fight Against Alzheimer’s Disease

By Victor Tangermann

Klotho, a naturally-occurring protein that declines in mammals with age, can improve the cognitive function of aging rhesus monkeys.
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Anti-Aging Injection Boosts Memories in Monkeys, Scientists Find

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A white supremacist took the party drug MDMA as part of a science experiment, and it reportedly helped him drop his racist, bigoted beliefs.
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Scientists Gave a Nazi MDMA and He Renounced Racism

By Sharon Adarlo

A woman whose epilepsy was greatly improved by an experimental brain implant was devastated when she was forced to have it removed.
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Doctors Remove Woman’s Brain Implant Against Her Will

By Noor Al-Sibai

In a new study, scientists claim to have unlocked the secret of one man's extreme resilience to early-onset Alzheimer's.
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Scientists Intrigued by Man With Mutation That Protects Against Alzheimer’s

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Scientists built a brain monitor that can be deployed through a tiny hole in the cranium and unfold like a flower between bone and brain.
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Brain Monitor Enters Hole in Skull, Deploys Flower-Shaped Electrodes

By Sharon Adarlo

Researchers noticed a surge in brain activity that is correlated with consciousness even after two comatose patients' hearts stopped beating.
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Scientists Detect Surge of Brain Activity in Dying Coma Patients

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk's brain-computer-interface company Neuralink is facing major headwinds in its efforts to kick off human trials for its brain chip dubbed The Link.
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Neuralink Seems to Be in Quite a Bit of Trouble

By Victor Tangermann

A new study mapped how high blood pressure affects regions of the brain from over 30,000 patients, showing changes also linked to dementia.
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High Blood Pressure May Cause Dementia, Scientists Say

By Frank Landymore

They've produced the first ever complete connectome of an insect brain showing every single neoron and synapse, a landmark in neuroscience.
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Scientists Just Created the First Complete Map of an Insect Brain

By Frank Landymore