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Scientists Tried to Re-create an Entire Human Brain in a Computer. What Happened?

Miryam Naddaf and Nature magazine

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Worm Brains, Decoded like Never Before, Could Shed Light on Our Own Mind

Lauren Leffer

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The Youth Mental Health Crisis Worsens amid a Shortage of Professional Help Providers

Steven Berkowitz and The Conversation US

Brain-reading Devices Allow Paralyzed People to Talk Using Their Thoughts

Two studies report considerable improvements in technologies designed to help people with facial paralysis to communicate

Miryam Naddaf and Nature magazine

Neuroscience

Scientists Tried to Re-create an Entire Human Brain in a Computer. What Happened?

Miryam Naddaf and Nature magazine

Neuroscience

Worm Brains, Decoded like Never Before, Could Shed Light on Our Own Mind

Lauren Leffer

Mental Health

The Youth Mental Health Crisis Worsens amid a Shortage of Professional Help Providers

Steven Berkowitz and The Conversation US

Cognition

What Happens when People with Dementia Commit Crimes?

Jessica Wapner

Cognition

Hearing Aids Stave Off Cognitive Decline

Josh Fischman, Tanya Lewis, Carin Leong and Elah Feder

Psychology

What Is Narcissism? Science Confronts a Widely Misunderstood Phenomenon

Diana Kwon

Neuroscience

New Neurotechnology Is Blurring the Lines around Mental Privacy—But Are New Human Rights the Answer?

Laura Y. Cabrera and The Conversation US | Opinion

Mental Health

This Therapy Helps Formerly Incarcerated People Return to Society

Sara Novak

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What Is Narcissism? Science Confronts a Widely Misunderstood Phenomenon

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Brain-reading Devices Allow Paralyzed People to Talk Using Their Thoughts

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Hearing Aids Stave Off Cognitive Decline

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