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Neurons in the brains of mice tell them to stop eating when they’ve had enough food – and since people probably have the same ...

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A lustrous scion of fin-de-siècle Vienna, she was born Alma Maria Schindler, the daughter of the operetta singer Anna Bergen ...

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Pain is an example of an important sensory neuron. When you feel pain from a hot pan or a sharp pin, you are sending sensory information via sensory neurons up to the brain. The flow of electrical ...

Eyes and expressions talk: Your brain is connected to your body. When the brain is disinterested in the conversation, your body exhibits certain behaviours. We all have come across a time when we ...