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Minimally conscious patients can learn

18:00 20 September 2009

This might mean that learning new associations could help patients with consciousness disorders recover

Break promises if you like but treat your workers well

16:01 17 September 2009 | 9 comments

Employees care most about the rewards and opportunities they end up getting, regardless of what they were initially promised

Brain science to help teachers get into kids' heads

THIS WEEK: 18:00 16 September 2009 | 28 comments

Neuroscience is set to bring fresh insight to teaching – and banish a few myths about the brain

Human brains better tooled up than monkeys

12:55 16 September 2009 | 25 comments

Our brains respond to tools in a way that macaque brains don't, which could explain how human ingenuity suddenly leapt ahead

Icy stares and dirty minds: Hitch-hiking emotions

FEATURE: 10:20 15 September 2009 | 20 comments

Complex emotions may have emerged from basic physical sensations like cold or disgust

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The outer limits of the human brain

How do the most gifted and talented brains stand out from the crowd?New Scientist discovers what grey matter is like at the outer limits of human achievement

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Brain cells slicker than we thought

13:17 11 September 2009 | 5 comments

Signalling in mammalian brains uses much less electrical energy than pioneering experiments on squid cells suggest

Eye movements reveal processing of hidden memories

17:00 09 September 2009 | 8 comments

By relating eye movements to brain activity, researchers have shown that the brain can retrieve memories of past experiences even without conscious recollection

Carrots are better than sticks

19:04 03 September 2009 | 13 comments

Rewarding cooperative behaviour makes for more effective collaboration than punishing freeloaders

Bionic brain chips could overcome paralysis

FEATURE: 10:14 01 September 2009 | 13 comments

Implants that beam brain signals around a break in the spinal cord may let paralysed people walk again

Psoriasis cuts sensitivity to disgust

13:35 28 August 2009 | 10 comments

This adaptation may protect people with the skin disorder from hurtful responses to their appearance

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How the human brain works

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Mind tricks: Six ways to explore your brain

New Scientist's guide to the simple techniques that will uncover the inner workings of your grey matter

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