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The Experience Machine review: How our brains predict the daily world

Predictive processing is sometimes called a grand unifying theory of the brain. An important guide to the field from Andy Clark shows the idea’s strength – but also how far it has to go to fulfil that

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Movie clip reconstructed by an AI reading mice's brains as they watch

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Human neurons implanted into a rat's brain respond to flashing lights

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‘Love hormone' may not be crucial for social bonding after all

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The covid-19 virus gets into the brain – what does it do there?

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Sneaking drugs into the brain could treat conditions like Alzheimer's

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The human brain can be squished 10 times as easily as polystyrene foam

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Specific brain markers could help diagnose children with ADHD

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The London Eye, Palace of Westminster and buildings in central London are seen through the mist from the 15th floor of an office block in the City of London. The UK Government's pollution forecast website has advised moderate to high levels of pollution are possible near urban areas in the south of the UK, in particular London, as light winds allow a build-up of locally emitted pollutants. (Photo by Daniel LEAL / AFP) (Photo by DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images)

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Air pollution likely to be causing dementia, say UK science advisers

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How do we sense time? The brain cells that order our memories

Recent studies suggest there is not one part of the brain dedicated to measuring duration, as there is for senses like taste and smell. Instead, the passage of time is tracked by a network of “time cells”

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3 How Do We Sense Time? Mechanical brain, conceptual image. Composite image of coloured medical imagery of a human brain and skull, with cogs and gears representing concepts such as memory, time and mechanical brains. The imagery includes 3D computed tomography (CT) scans of the skull and 3D magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans of the brain. The scans are of a 30-year-old woman.

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Crows may owe their intelligence to an abundance of certain neurons

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Brain scanning studies are usually too small to find reliable results

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Giving low-income US families $4000 a year boosts child brain activity

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