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New research out of Northwestern University found evidence that memories in the brain may be moving around in response to stimuli.

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Scientists Find Evidence That Memories in Brain Are Physically Moving Around

Scientists have found evidence that the human brain, of all things, possesses faint luminescent properties.

Scientists Intrigued to Discover That Human Brains Are Glowing Faintly

A majority neuroscientists think memories live on in the brains of the dead, and a large number believe these memories could be extracted.

Startling Percentage of Neuroscientists Say We Could Extract Memories From Dead Brains

By Sharon Adarlo

Research reveals that cognitive ability in infants can predict their future intelligence when they grow up to be adults.

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If Your Baby Seems Kinda Dumb at Seven Months, Scientists Have Terrible News About What’ll Happen When It Grows Into an Adult

By Sharon Adarlo

Using a device that functions kind of like a shock collar, researchers say they have found a fascinating, if not grisly, way to treat PTSD.

Prosthetics and Devices

Scientists Say Shock Collar-Like Device Can Treat PTSD

By Noor Al-Sibai

People who support authoritarianism have, according to a new study, something weird going on with their brains.

Scientists Scanned the Brains of Authoritarians and Found Something Weird

By Noor Al-Sibai

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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