Brain articles
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How does the brain process complex smells?
New research sheds light on how our brains focus on what's most important
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A Peek Inside the Brains of ‘Super-Agers’
When it comes to aging, we tend to assume that cognition gets worse as we get older. Our thoughts may slow down or become confused, or we may start to forget things, like the name of our high school English teacher or what we meant to buy at the grocery store. But that’s not the case for everyone. For a little over a decade, scientists have been studying a subset of people they call “super-agers.” These individuals are age 80 and up, but they have the memory ability of a person 20 to 30 years...
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Research Roundup: Searching the stars and the brain
Recent research saw the construction of the world’s largest astronomical digital camera, the discovery of a possible new epilepsy treatment, and the development of AI models to assist patient health monitoring in hospitals.