Neuroscience
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Spasms, memory loss and hallucinations among symptoms of patients, mostly in Acadian peninsula of New Brunswick province
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Molecular switch makes human organ three times larger than great apes’, study finds
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Researchers will test several drugs at once to speed up identification of those that slow or reverse symptoms
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This week sees the opening of the first UK high-street clinic offering psychedelic-assisted therapy. Could popping psilocybin be the future of mental healthcare?
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Brief letters: Terminal lucidity | Crime fiction | Clothes | Weather page | Yorkshire’s west coast
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Just before Alex Godfrey’s grandmother died from dementia, she snapped back to lucidity and regaled him with stories of her youth. Could moments like this teach us more about the workings of the brain?
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Cambridge University team say their findings could be used to spot people at risk from radicalisation
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Neuroscience shows how interconnected we are – even in a time of isolation
Lisa Feldman BarrettPhysical closeness isn’t necessary for us to have a profound effect on one another’s biology, says psychology professor Lisa Feldman Barrett
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