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"Similar to humans, the ability of bats to place others in space is essential for them." Photo: Brooke Fenton.

Me and the Guys: How the Brain Maps Social Space

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Even if they copy our mind they will not be able to duplicate our consciousness. Illustration: pixabay.

Can we be replicated after death?

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Prof. Ilan Dinstein. Source: Ben-Gurion University.

Do you think your mind is reliable?

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Illustration: pixabay.

Fatal exposure in pregnancy

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Illustration: US Food and Drug Administration

People with fatty liver have an "older" brain

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Gender differences in the human brain have led to the notion that brains are male or female. Research by Dafna Yoel from Tel Aviv University and her colleagues tells a different story. Illustration: pixabay.

Is there a "female mind"?

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Lifestyle changes reduce the risk of Alzheimer's and similar dementias. Illustration: pixabay.

A rare success in the fight against Alzheimer's

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How does the brain set limits to memory search? Illustration: pixabay.

How does the brain set limits to memory search?

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Lateral section of the human brain, indicating the location of the hippocampus. Chart: National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health

The individual bases his decisions on brain areas that have proven their reliability in the past

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Something universal happens in the brain when it processes stories, no matter what language

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The drugs available to us today are not effective in treating seizures in about a third of those with epilepsy. What can be done to resolve the situation? Illustration: pixabay.

How to treat the most severe cases of epilepsy

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Early diagnosis of autism may improve the chances of success of future treatments. (Illustration: from the article by Hezelt and her colleagues, Nature, issue 542 - 348 | NATURE | VOL 542 | 16 FEBRUARY 2017 LETTERdoi:10.1038/nature21369 Early brain development in infants at high risk for autism spectrum disorder.

Autism begins many months before symptoms appear

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Graphene and gold make brain detectors more efficient. Courtesy: DGIST.

A brain detector composed of graphene and gold

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Photo: Dawn.

move according to attention

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The left and right lobes of the brain play different roles in processing humor - and to laugh at jokes people need both. Blausen.com staff (2014). "Medical gallery of Blausen Medical 2014". WikiJournal of Medicine 1 (2).

What's funny in a pun?

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We all want to remember more than we do. It turns out that there are several methods to train the brain to remember more. Illustration: pixabay.

When one is greater than two

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Brain regions showing statistically significant changes between schizophrenia patients and healthy subjects. So, for example, arrow 1 points to an area in the motor cortex, and arrow 5 points to the precuneus, which is involved in processing visual information. Source: IBM.

Computational psychiatry: A machine learning algorithm will help predict schizophrenia

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Friends - a common genetic source for dogs and humans that makes them sociable

The common genetic basis for social behavior in dogs and humans has been discovered

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Scientists present a film encoded in DNA. From the study. Photo courtesy of the National Institute of Health/National Institute of Mental Health

Scientists show a film encoded in DNA

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Building an entire brain in a lab dish is impossible, but scientists do build cellular tissue that closely resembles the developing embryonic brain. Image: pixabay.com.

build a brain in the lab

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Diagram showing the new set of findings. The discoveries mark a possible new target for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. Source: Weizmann Institute magazine.

The cleaning cells of the brain

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The migration of nerve cells in the brain of mouse embryos: under normal conditions, many cells (white dots) migrate to the upper layer of the cerebral cortex (three pictures on the left), but in the absence of the 3C protein, the cells remain scattered along the migration path (three pictures on the right). Photographed using a confocal microscope. Source: Weizmann Institute magazine.

Dual agents: Immune system proteins help brain development

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Mouse brain viewed from above: nerve extensions connect the two amygdalae (the two brightest areas, on both sides of the brain) and the cerebral cortex (the upper part). Source: from the study.

to illuminate the trauma in a new light

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A general view of nerve fibers stretching from cells in the forebrain of a mouse demonstrates the advantages of the hydrogel method that allows researchers to follow the complex neural wiring. Source: Dysroth Laboratory, Stanford University.

A look into the transparent mind

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Zebrafish brain imaging results. Left: Optical fluorescence microscopy imaging provides only a blurred image limited to the surface. Right: The optoacoustic FONT approach, on the other hand, provides a high-resolution XNUMXD image and detailed information on the activity of the neurons (orange dots) in real time, all over the brain. Photo: Helmholtz Center, Munich.

A window to the depths of the mind

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