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How the brain turns our intended words into the sounds of speech
A new study from UC San Francisco challenges the traditional view of how the brain strings sounds together to form words and ...
Neurosurgeon explains what actually happens to your brain from buying the coffee to taking that first sip
Neurosurgeon Dr Brian outlines the brain's process during coffee consumption, highlighting the different parts that get activated during the coffee experience.
Brain surgery for mental illness is making a comeback. But these are not the ice-pick-through-the-eye-socket psychosurgeries
No opening of the cranium, no cutting into the brain, no blood. Today's precise psychosurgery presents options for patients ...
Stimulating brain with weak electric currents may help improve learning maths, study suggests
A new study in young adults has found that stimulating the brain with safe electric currents may help them solve mathematical ...
I put funny turns & tinnitus down to worrying about my RAF son – but they were red flags for incurable cancer, says dad
A GRANDAD-of-two put his “funny turns” and tinnitus down to worrying about his son, who was in the RAF – but they turned out ...
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For Your Patients: Alzheimer's Emotional and Behavioral Impact
As Alzheimer's disease progresses beyond the early stages, the behavior changes and emotional impacts of the disease can be ...
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Stimulating brain with weak electric currents may help in learning mathematics, suggests study
Brain scans revealed that people with a stronger connection between the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (which helps focus and ...
Explained: Dementia vs. Alzheimer’s—What’s the difference?
Dementia is an umbrella term for cognitive decline, while Alzheimer's is the most prevalent cause. Recognizing the ...
'I visited my doctor about my tinnitus - then was told to make memories'
A granddad-of-two, who has been living with a rare brain cancer for nearly 10 years, has had his lifelong aspiration ...
How ‘contract crew’ victim survived being hot in the head and then buried alive
The moment a man trudged into a Queensland petrol station with a bullet in his brain after digging himself out of his own grave would seem “far-fetched” if you saw it in a movie.