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A child rests peacefully on a bed adorned with red and white striped sheets, wearing a blue outfit. It's as if their dreams are in sleep replay, caught in the tranquil rhythm of slumber, lying contentedly on their stomach.

Why your sleeping brain replays new rewarding experiences

Participants’ brains revealed they were doing a kind of “neural replay” of the game they had been manipulated to win.

A wooden box filled with assorted old black-and-white photographs and postcards.

What makes a memory real?

Changing the narrative on false memories might be surprisingly simple.

Wooden pews in a church provide a traditional seating option for parishioners.

Thinking about God may encourage risk taking

Here's how belief in a higher power can act like a psychological safety net.

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