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# human brain

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Voices
Column: What is your earliest memory?
Most of us have our earliest memory from an event around the age of three – but our memory milestones move about during childhood.
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Aug 6th 2014, 8:00 PM
# Brainy
Scientists create most detailed map ever of human brain
The researchers say the new model will let people zoom into the brain to see cells “the way we zoom into Google Maps to see houses.”
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Jun 23rd 2013, 7:30 AM
# inside voice
9 things you do in the privacy of your own head
Shut up, brain.
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May 11th 2013, 1:00 PM
# sexy thoughts
This is what happens in your brain when you fancy someone
You can blame your medial prefrontal cortex. It’s so romantic.
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Mar 16th 2013, 6:00 PM
# cry baby
Why it's SO hard to ignore a crying baby...
It doesn’t matter if you don’t have kids of your own – the sound of an infant in distress provokes strong reaction in the human brain.
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Oct 18th 2012, 10:23 AM