Brain

  1. Brain

    Teen fighting may harm IQ

    Blows to the head may explain these effects on the brain.

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  2. Brain

    Fake memories

    A flash of light in the brain plants false memories.

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  3. Brain

    Nature resets body’s clock

    After a week in the wild, people went to bed — and got up — earlier.

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  4. Brain

    Full moon shortchanges sleep

    Lab experiments show people’s sleep suffers for a day or so every month.

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  5. Brain

    Respecting the body’s clocks

    Daily rhythms affect everything from the time we wake to how well we perform in sports.

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  6. Brain

    Explainer: What is jet lag?

    Traveling across time zones can disrupt circadian rhythms.

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  7. Brain

    Headers and memory loss

    Soccer players who frequently use their heads score worse on memory tests.

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  8. Brain

    Explainer: Our bodies’ internal clocks

    Biological clocks determine hunger, sleepiness and other daily rhythms.

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  9. Brain

    A mind for math

    A part of the brain associated with making memories may also predict success in learning math.

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  10. Brain

    Perfect pacifier

    In people and mice, carrying a baby calms it.

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    The stuff of dreams

    Computer program decodes dreams, finds similar brain activity patterns for objects seen while asleep or awake.

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    Brain to brain

    Rats brains signaled each other through computers.

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