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Creativity plays an important role in keeping the brain active. Now, a study shows that creative experience might even slow down brain ageing. Scientists found that creative activities, like dance ...

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Neuroscience has long worshiped the neocortex—the brain’s hub for sophisticated thought. But consciousness may originate ...

Using single-cell RNA sequencing and genetic screening, the researchers identified key surface proteins that mediate ...

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As AI—and the ethical debate surrounding it—accelerates, scientists argue that understanding consciousness is now more urgent ...