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Psychology and Neuroscience
Real Talk
The Long Search for a Computer That Speaks Your Mind
Adam Rogers
Hard Drive
Neuron Bursts Can Mimic a Famous AI Learning Strategy
Allison Whitten
Why it’s so hard to stop people from panic buying
Chris Baraniuk
How to use science to focus at work
Natalie Healey
Gene Activity
To Learn More Quickly, Brain Cells Break Their DNA
Jordana Cepelewicz
Social mimicry
They Watched a YouTuber With Tourette’s—Then Adopted His Tics
Grace Browne
Psych Out
You’re Not Alone: Monkeys Choke Under Pressure Too
Max G. Levy
The wild science of how Geronimo the alpaca captured our hearts
Alex Christian
The Rescuers
What Rat Empathy May Reveal About Human Compassion
Max G. Levy
Facial recognition
Why Humans See Faces in Everyday Objects
Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica
Dream Job
The Pandemic Changed Sleep Habits. Maybe That’s a Good Thing
Sara Harrison
Perception
The Secret Workings of Smell Receptors, Revealed At Last
Jordana Cepelewicz
Is my cat happy? This app predicts feline moods
Stephan Boissonneault
Book Excerpt
How Humans Think When They Think As Part of a Group
Annie Murphy Paul
Beat Box
A New Way to Understand the Brain's Intricate Rhythm
Grace Huckins
Psychology
Could Brain Training Help Address Police Brutality?
Amit Katwala
Can we take the high out of psychedelics?
Grace Browne
Lights Out
Sleep Evolved Before Brains. Hydras Are Living Proof
Veronique Greenwood
Help, the pandemic has made me an introvert!
Will Bedingfield
Thought process
A New Brain Implant Translates Thoughts of Writing Into Text
John Timmer, Ars Technica
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