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The Booker-prize winning novelist reflects on the times in his life when recollection and imagination have intertwined, and wonders whether we can ever rely on our brains to provide us with the truth ...

Some tumors can produce virus-like proteins that kick-start out-of-control immune reactions, according to a new study from University of Utah researchers. These rare cancer complications can lead to ...

Recent advances in generative AI help to explain how memories enable us to learn about the world, re-live old experiences and construct totally new experiences for imagination and planning, according ...

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A new study published in Brain, Behavior, and Immunity provides evidence that consuming refined diets for as little as three ...

Scientists uncovered a surprising four-layer structure hidden inside the hippocampal CA1 region, one of the brain’s major centers for memory, navigation, and emotion. Using advanced RNA imaging ...

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There is a strong link between regular physical exercise and good brain health, according to one study. Researchers found ...

Scientists have discovered a new type of brain cell that helps us remember where we've left our personal belongings. It's already known that GPS-like brain cells store 'maps' of the places we've been, ...

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Those delicious chills you get as your favorite piece of music reaches its climax? They're the result of a glorious spike of dopamine in your brain--that's the same neurotransmitter that's involved in ...