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Do Brain-Training Games Make You Smarter?

The pitch is appealing: sharpen your mind with a few minutes of brain games each day. Unfortunately, science suggests this promise is probably too good to be true.

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To Eat or Not to Eat

Today's New York Times has a nice video showing how stimulating a small set of neurons in the amygdala can turn off a rat's motivation to eat. The stimulation relies on a newly discovered technology called 'optogenetics'.

Russell Foster: Why Do We Sleep?

What do we know about sleep? Not a lot, it turns out, for something we do with one-third of our lives.

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Appetite, Obesity, and the Brain

A cocktail of chemicals help control your appetite.

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Parenting and the Brain

Becoming a parent can induce significant changes in the brain.

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Let’s Eat: How Diet Influences the Brain

The contents of your dinner plate can have profound effects on your brain and nervous system.

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Can Brain Science Help Promote Good Health?

Can imaging tell us if scary labels on cigarette packages prompt smokers to quit? Researchers look for signs that might track how persuasive psychological and social interventions will be.

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Yasmin Hurd: Marijuana and the Young Brain

A neuroscientist reveals the surprising — and far-reaching — effects of marijuana on the developing brain.

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Sweet Talk: The Brain and Sugar

Poisoned Synapses not Crocodile Bile the Likely Killer of Mozambique Beer Drinkers

On January 11, 2015 news swept the globe reporting that scores of people died and 200 were sickened by drinking beer poisoned with crocodile bile in Mozambique.

The Mind-Bending Power of Bacteria

Our bodies are home to a vast ecosystem of microbes — the microbiome — that has a powerful effect on the brain.

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Bryan Voltaggio: Food for Thought

American chef Bryan Voltaggio describes how he experiments with flavors to create unique dining experiences for his guests.

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The Absurdity of “Medical Marijuana”

Marijuana use is legal in many states for medical purposes, most of them dealing with neurological conditions (pain, epilepsy, tremor, multiple sclerosis, and many others). From the perspective of a neuroscientist researcher, the situation with respect to “medical marijuana” is absurd.

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